You actually answered your own question. Unless you are just to lazy to eat.

Your first mistake and the answer to your question is you were wrong. Just admit it... say it out loud, right now... "I was wrong" Come on say it out loud.

Now once you have said it here is where you went wrong:
You quite setting goals. The reason your goals didn't work and you lost heart is because you set your daily minor goals to high. You need to be more reasonable and only set your goals high enough that you can achieve them.
Check out this thread about Goals and read through it: http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-war...ml#post7597607

If you need help PM me

I think you should think about create a system that automatic watering the garden. Now your work is do things create a system one time. Then you only need use click for everything run that you enjoy to do other work. Do this way overcome your problem?

I have had the same problem, playing video games all day long and not doing what i should do instead.

One day you just realize that this isnt a way to live life. Theres nothing bad about playing video games, but it doesnt take you nowhere.

One day i just said i dont want to live like this for the rest of my life, and started doing corrections to my day every day. Set goals and then work every day for it.

First day do 1 thing, next day do something for your goal 10 minutes, 3rd day 15 minutes, and so forth. You can't just change your life by just snapping your fingers. You need to get rid of bad habits one piece at a time. It can take months to finally get you there, but its worth it.

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Definitely recommend listening to Les Brown's stuff. There's a great set of podcasts on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/...ow/id345175354 that are totally free to download.

The main reason for procrastination is that life is too 'comfortable'. Les Brown had none of the opportunities that most of us have in life and still succeeded. If life is too easy there's no reason for you to work harder. Get out of your comfort zone, because as Les Brown says, if you don't play with life, life is sure gonna come playing with you soon...

Most people take action when they have to, successful people decide to take action when they don't have to, that really is the only difference. You're the only one who can decide whether you are going to choose to be successful or not, and as Brian Tracy once said to T Harv Eker (it's on a you tube video I think I saw this first) - On a headstone in the graveyard there are two dates, one is your birth date and the second is the date of your death. You see that little dash (hyphen) on the headstone in the middle between the dates? That is your life....

I was in the same position as you years ago. To the point that I always let my hair grow because I was too lazy to get a haircut. I had to admit to myself that I was just plain lazy and there was no excuse not to get anything done.

Maybe you're missing your "why". Why do you need to need to do "x"? If you're going to school, why are you going to school? To get a good job to buy the things you want, help out your parents, etc. Focus on the why and that's what keeps me motivated.

I see it this way.

If you don't have a big enough reason for doing things, then you will not do them.

If you don't have a big enough WHY, then you will not get anything done or drop out after a few days.

Although you do want to succeed and accomplish you "goals", you are just not driven or inspired to get things done.

Plus, you don't believe that the actions that you take will get you anywhere. You do the things for a while but inside, you just don't think that you will reach your goals.

These are the reasons in my view.

I take a slightly different view of procrastination.

Most of my clients for whom procrastination is a problem, and when I've suffered from it, have all shown that procrastination is a sign from your unconscious mind. It's telling you that whatever it is that you are putting off is not in alignment with your sweetspot.

Anyone who has played any sport that involves hitting a ball will know what the sweetspot is. It's that point on your equipment where, if it makes contact with the ball, the ball seems to fly a long way, at great speed with little apparent effort!

In our context, the sweetspot is when our passion, strengths, purpose and the value we can offer all converge. If you are living and working from that place, procrastination is never an issue.

The two websites in my sig will be offering an increasing about of material on this issue. PM me if you want any further info and good luck dealing with procrastination.

Kardesh,

You are where you are today because what you did yesterday. You were where you were yesterday because of what you did the day before that and so on and so on and so on...

You haven't reached that point deep down inside you where you finally say:



Maybe it will be when your living in your car or on the street or when others turn their hand of hospitality away from you.

My question to you is, "Who convinced you that you need improvement?"

I think someone has convinced you something is wrong with you and after 3 years of chasing rabbit trails you find yourself removed from the productive course you were once on.

You like most people are perfect just the way you are, it's the skill sets that produce results and income that need constant training, improvement and upgrading.

Stop trying to seek self-improvement and focus on creating income that will pull you up out of the hole you have found yourself in. Once you have accomplished this you will see that you have self-improved yourself.

What helped me greatly was setting smaller goals. Goals that I knew and wanted to accomplish.

1. I made daily lists of what I needed to do. Do this the night before each day.
2. I started taking walks in the morning to help clear my head and think about what I wanted I needed to do that day. Also think about what you want to accomplish in life and why.
3. I started to watch and listen to at least 1 motivation video/audio each day.
4. Later on in the day I would write or at least go over in my head what I actually accomplish today.
5. Getting exercise and trying to eat right is also very important. If you don't have the energy, it's going to be hard to get anything done.

This sounds like a lot to do, but it really is not once you get into a routine of doing it everyday. Try it and I bet you will see fantastic results.

Woody and Mark have given you the answer to your question.

The problem is - you're still looking outside yourself for your answer.

It was actually quite telling in your OP when you said

"I just can't get myself to do the things I need to do."

Your mindset is not properly centralised. You're looking for a quick fix to a problem that is only solved by building a new habit. You could shortcut some of that using hypnosis, but you have everything you need to solve your own problem, you're just looking everywhere else for the answer.

It's like the fat person who sits reading a dieting magazine wondering what the best way to get thin is - while their thin friend is at the gym.

You need to looking for ways to take and control and just BE in control.

Woody told you - your results are based on your previous choices - if you want new results, take new choices - you can do that NOW.

Stop playing the victim and looking for ways to take control and just do what needs doing.