Hi, I've been facing this problem almost every day. I genuinely want to work on my career, learn new skills, and become productive, but whenever I try to get started, I end up playing games, scrolling through Instagram, or watching YouTube. Before I realise it, the entire day is gone. I want to understand what's happening to me. Is this normal, or is it something I should be concerned about? Have any of you experienced something similar? If so, how did you overcome it?

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Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

It's totally normal, what you are going through rn is basically every other teenagers are going through rn, even me as well lol. Anyway so when you are starting your work, make sure to hide those apps and games from your device, if you are using PC then don't keep the games in taskbar or desktop that will tempt you to play it. Make a separate account for YouTube, cause when you are learning and watching your favourite videos on same yt account it will ruin your mood, you will see those skills videos popping up making you feel disappointed as you didn't click on those videos and thus will ruin the mood for watching your favourite videos as well and on your second account where you are learning skills, make that account your primary account, like when you open yt that account should open first. Secondly make a time table, you don't need to work on your skill 24/7, you can learn something for 2-5 hours a day and progress a lot as well. And a final thing, it takes times to overcome those habits, so force yourself for 25 days and after that you will automatically start working on your skills without procrastinating.