I’ve always believed that I’ve had this problem of lack of discipline, or should I say lack of resolve. The result – broken promises to myself. I’ve lost count of the number of promises I’ve made to myself – and most of them have met the same fate – they’ve been broken. The most common and frequent one has been the promise to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen. Fruit-laden, low carb diets don’t last for more than a month and sincere, regular workouts don’t last for more than 20 days.
It doesn’t stop at this. My lack of resolve surfaces in a lot more ways – half-hearted attempts at continuing sketching, half-finished books and (staying in context) irregular updates to my blog. So much so, that I still have 2 incomplete drafts in this wordpress blog – waiting for attention from me.
The irony of the matter is that I seem to be completely the opposite at work – I’m quite focussed on anything I’m doing at work until I complete it. I find myself unable to multitask a lot at work – which is good, because it means I can focus all my energies to the task at hand.
This again brings me to the same question – if I am capable of focusing, then why am I unable to exhibit the same degree of resolve to non-work related activities that I bring to work-related ones? I’m sure its not the question of enjoying what I’m doing coz I definitely enjoy sketching, blogging and exercising more than writing code. Is it a case of priorities then? Or is it my conscience that prods me into commitment for my work because I get paid for it? Or is it a case of pure laziness? (My husband would vouch for the last one 
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One thing is for sure – none of the “time management” or “prioritize your activities” or “seven habits” trainings or books ever help when you need these simple answers. Each person is on his/her own to look for such answers.
Do you watch TV or use your computer after you come home? If yes, then do an experiment – don’t use either for a week and then see if that week you still don’t work on any of the activities that you enjoy. Most of the time, the above two are the biggest culprits. Here’s a blog that I really like about organizing/simplifying life: http://zenhabits.net/.
Human tendency is such that you do well only when you know somebody is watching you. At job, we know if we don’t work what’ll we report in our meetings or that I won’t get a promotion or my manager won’t like it and so on.
BTW for diet, I heard from a couple of people that it helped them when every time they ate they logged the number of calories they consumed.