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New Year, New Resolutions and Old Me.

First of all, a very Happy New Year to all of you. Now, if you remember, I already set a goal for this year. The target is to hit 200 posts by year's end. Which sounds reasonable and doable. But it's actually hard when you add the key parameter to it. Me. Yes. I am the problem here. I added a small clause to the goal, that i’d be writing on certain topics on certain days, you know just to keep things in line. And Today is Day 1, things have already got out of hand here. As per the scheduler, it's supposed to be the Imagination / creative Fridays, meaning storyteller mode.

[Source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/03/24/13/45/notepad-1276779_1280.jpg)

I’m sitting in front of my laptop, waiting for a story to appear out of thin air. Meanwhile, my brain is nudging me to check Galaxy Defence because the weekend event has started. My wife is motivating me to clean the bathroom drain that chose to clog itself on New Year’s Day. My stockbroker sends an alert that an entire sector is bleeding red. I suddenly want to write about how the ending of Stranger Things was… meh. And my body? It’s screaming for a rest day.

[Source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/01/04/12/01/distraction-3913012_1280.jpg)

This is the problem, and it's been there for quite some time. My ability to stay focused has gone down. It's not just at this personal task but at work too. There is just too much to do, and by the time I am finished with just 20% of the task, my energy is 100% depleted. And I had been trying the hack to caffeinate myself for energy. Honestlyy for the past 2 weeks, my tea and coffee intakes have been more than water. Which is not a good thing. I am afraid those nasty stomach troubles may return if I continue.

[Source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/04/07/14/25/empty-coffee-cup-2211075_1280.jpg)

So I summon all the Caffeine-Dependent Lifeforms on this Hive for my help. How are you guys able to handle the addiction? I think the question needs to be rephrased. How do you deal with the attention crisis? What do you do when 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 52weeks a year isn't enough? This may sound like an excuse but I am genuinely looking for answer. I got so many things in my to-do list that Blogging or the process of creating new story has taken a backseat.

And this is what's written on my desk. Not sure if I am getting motivated or pressured into stuff.

Motivational Mondays
Money Talks Tuesdays
Game Night / Contest on Wednesdays
Thoughtful Thursdays
Imagination/ Creative Fridays
Screen Review Saturday
Lazy Sunday Post

I am still working on the Friday and Saturday Names. I think they can be spiced up a little more

Now, I know this is supposed to be a storytelling Night, but let's try it another Friday. I will take this as a Win Apart from this, I am doing great.

TARGET - 1/200

Hi I am really struggling with Caffeine addiction. Today I had 5 coffees and 2 teas. While the Tea tastes great. I am afraid of side effects of these hot beverages, especially the one regarding stomach burning. The problem is If i am not getting the Tea /Coffee on time, I develop a slight but annoying headache. Need Help.

Comments · 7

@way-big(68)· 228d
Yes resolutions somewhere make us better
@mysteriousroad(72)· 230d
Wohooo … good luck
@way-big(68)· 232d
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@ryivhnn(73)· 233d

I am the problem here.

At least you admit it XD

_{that's already a hell of a lot more than a lot of people}

Today is Day 1, things have already got out of hand here

I decided to try a daily photo thing (literally just point the phone camera at anything and press the damn button, didn't have to be anything profound or particularly artistic or well composed or anything like that) towards the very end of last year and leaking over into this year. As with most of the things I try to do daily, exactly this happened XD

What do you do when 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 52weeks a year isn't enough?

The only thing that's working for me is trying to keep a schedule and that in and of itself is a major headache as it's the very antithesis to my brain's optimal method of functioning. And part of that keeping to a schedule is stopping things when you're out of the timeblock for it to work on something else regardless of how loudly and shrilly and angrily your brain and other people are SCREAMING at you to "just" "finish" the thing that you're doing because it's absolutely more important than anything else could ever be, because if you actually have that much to do, all pushing through to finish this one thing is going to do is make everything else even more impossible to "catch up" on.

Also "just" and "only" (in the context of "I just want" or "this should only take a few minutes" and anything related can be major red flags (whether spoken/thought by you or someone else) so allow a bit of extra thought to analyse the intent behind them.

And speaking from several years worth of experience don't sacrifice sleep to get more time, the only guarantee there is to make litrerally everything infinitely worse.

_{the reason that it's been an ongoing problem for years for me is because I'm probably actually insane trying to same thing hoping for a different result which never materialises because I've been that desperate for more time at any and all cost -- even when the only thing that's ever happened is the cost has never ever been worth it not even once and not even the times I stayed up late to finish assignments back in the day and having insomnia and night owl sleeping patterns in an age that still seems incapable of accepting the fact that not all humans are diurnal exacerbates matters}

Try maxing out your coffees at 3-4 and replacing the rest with tea. And if you like herbal tea replace some of the tea with that or clear soup/broth in a mug x_x I get where you're coming from, I get that headache when I miss my second cuppa (I have two coffees a day) x_x

It sounds like work is unnecessarily stressful enough and you have family and friends as well, anything on here is supposed to be fun and hopefully skill developmental, don't let it be an additional source of stress :)
@pizzabot(60)· 234d
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@bhattg(80)· 234d
First of all happy new year, bade bhai. good to see you back. I hope this year you will finish all of your goals. You are right we are the problem and we are the solution 😅. Main bhi kabhe kabhe jaldi uth jata hun to Kafi Jyada chai Pi Leta Hun. 😅 agar control krna hai garam pani peyo 😅, Ya adrak ka pani le jaao ghr se he bana ke.

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