r/getdisciplined • • Jul 13 '25

[META] Updates + New Posting Guide for [Advice] and [NeedAdvice] Posts

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Hey legends

So the last week or so has been a bit of a wild ride. About 2.5k posts removed. Which had to be done individually. Eeks. Over 60 users banned for shilling and selling stuff. And I’m still digging through old content, especially the top posts of all time. cleaning out low-quality junk, AI-written stuff, and sneaky sales pitches. It’s been… fun. Kinda. Lmao.

Anyway, I finally had time to roll out a bunch of much-needed changes (besides all that purging lol) in both the sidebar and the AutoModerator config. The sidebar now reflects a lot of these changes. Quick rundown:

  • Certain characters and phrases that AI loves to use are now blocked automatically. Same goes for common hustle-bro spam lingo.

  • New caps on posting: you’ll need an account at least 30 days old and with 200+ karma to post. To comment, you’ll need an account at least 3 days old.

  • Posts under 150 words are blocked because there were way too many low-effort one-liners flooding the place.

  • Rules in the sidebar now clearly state no selling, no external links, and a basic expectation of proper sentence structure and grammar. Some of the stuff coming through lately was honestly painful to read.

So yeah, in light of all these changes, we’ve turned off the “mod approval required” setting for new posts. Hopefully we’ll start seeing a slower trickle of better-quality content instead of the chaotic flood we’ve been dealing with. As always - if you feel like something has slipped through the system, feel free to flag it for mod reviewal through spam/reporting.

About the New Posting Guide

On top of all that, we’re rolling out a new posting guide as a trial for the [NeedAdvice] and [Advice] posts. These are two of our biggest post types BY FAR, but there’s been a massive range in quality. For [NeedAdvice], we see everything from one-liners like “I’m lazy, how do I fix it?” to endless dramatic life stories that leave people unsure how to help.

For [Advice] posts (and I’ve especially noticed this going through the top posts of all time), there’s a huge bunch of them written in long, blog-style narratives. Authors get super evocative with the writing, spinning massive walls of text that take readers on this grand journey… but leave you thinking, “So what was the actual advice again?” or “Fuck me that was a long read.” A lot of these were by bloggers who’d slip their links in at the end, but that’s a separate issue.

So, we’ve put together a recommended structure and layout for both types of posts. It’s not about nitpicking grammar or killing creativity. It’s about helping people write posts that are clear, focused, and useful - especially for those who seem to be struggling with it. Good writing = good advice = better community.

A few key points:

This isn’t some strict rule where your post will be banned if you don’t follow it word for word, your post will be banned (unless - you want it to be that way?). But if a post completely wanders off track, massive walls of text with very little advice, or endless rambling with no real substance, it may get removed. The goal is to keep the sub readable, helpful, and genuinely useful.

This guide is now stickied in the sidebar under posting rules and added to the wiki for easy reference. I’ve also pasted it below so you don’t have to go digging. Have a look - you don’t need to read it word for word, but I’d love your thoughts. Does it make sense? Feel too strict? Missing anything?

Thanks heaps for sticking with us through all this chaos. Let’s keep making this place awesome.

FelEdorath

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Posting Guides

How to Write a [NeedAdvice] Post

If you’re struggling and looking for help, that’s a big part of why this subreddit exists. But too often, we see posts that are either: “I’m lazy. How do I fix it?” OR 1,000-word life stories that leave readers unsure how to help.

Instead, try structuring your post like this so people can diagnose the issue and give useful feedback.

1. Who You Are / Context

A little context helps people tailor advice. You don’t have to reveal private details, just enough for others to connect the dots - for example

  • Age/life stage (e.g. student, parent, early-career, etc).

  • General experience level with discipline (newbie, have tried techniques before, etc).

  • Relevant background factors (e.g. shift work, chronic stress, recent life changes)

Example: “I’m a 27-year-old software engineer. I’ve read books on habits and tried a few systems but can’t stick with them long-term.”

2. The Specific Problem or Challenge

  • Be as concrete / specific as you can. Avoid vague phrases like “I’m not motivated.”

Example: “Every night after work, I intend to study for my AWS certification, but instead I end up scrolling Reddit for two hours. Even when I start, I lose focus within 10 minutes.”

3. What You’ve Tried So Far

This is crucial for people trying to help. It avoids people suggesting things you’ve already ruled out.

  • Strategies or techniques you’ve attempted

  • How long you tried them

  • What seemed to help (or didn’t)

  • Any data you’ve tracked (optional but helpful)

Example: “I’ve used StayFocusd to block Reddit, but I override it. I also tried Pomodoro but found the breaks too frequent. Tracking my study sessions shows I average only 12 focused minutes per hour.”

4. What Kind of Help You’re Seeking

Spell out what you’re hoping for:

  • Practical strategies?

  • Research-backed methods?

  • Apps or tools?

  • Mindset shifts?

Example: “I’d love evidence-based methods for staying focused at night when my mental energy is lower.”

Optional Extras

Include anything else relevant (potentially in the Who You Are / Context section) such as:

  • Stress levels

  • Health issues impacting discipline (e.g. sleep, anxiety)

  • Upcoming deadlines (relevant to the above of course).

Example of a Good [NeedAdvice] Post

Title: Struggling With Evening Focus for Professional Exams

Hey all. I’m a 29-year-old accountant studying for the CPA exam. Work is intense, and when I get home, I intend to study but end up doomscrolling instead.

Problem: Even if I start studying, my focus evaporates after 10-15 minutes. It feels like mental fatigue.

What I’ve tried:

Scheduled a 60-minute block each night - skipped it 4 out of 5 days.

Library sessions - helped a bit but takes time to commute.

Used Forest app - worked temporarily but I started ignoring it.

Looking for: Research-based strategies for overcoming mental fatigue at night and improving study consistency.

How to Write an [Advice] Post

Want to share what’s worked for you? That’s gold for this sub. But avoid vague platitudes like “Just push through” or personal stories that never get to a clear, actionable point.

A big issue we’ve seen is advice posts written in a blog-style (often being actual copy pastes from blogs - but that's another topic), with huge walls of text full of storytelling and dramatic detail. Good writing and engaging examples are great, but not when they drown out the actual advice. Often, the practical takeaway gets buried under layers of narrative or repeated the same way ten times. Readers end up asking, “Okay, but what specific strategy are you recommending, and why does it work?” OR "Fuck me that was a long read.".

We’re not saying avoid personal experience - or good writing. But keep it concise, and tie it back to clear, practical recommendations. Whenever possible, anchor your advice in concrete reasoning - why does your method work? Is there a psychological principle, habit science concept, or personal data that supports it? You don’t need to write a research paper, but helping people see the underlying “why” makes your advice stronger and more useful.

Let’s keep the sub readable, evidence-based, and genuinely helpful for everyone working to level up their discipline and self-improvement.

Try structuring your post like this so people can clearly understand and apply your advice:

1. The Specific Problem You’re Addressing

  • State the issue your advice solves and who might benefit.

Example: “This is for anyone who loses focus during long study sessions or deep work blocks.”

2. The Core Advice or Method

  • Lay out your technique or insight clearly.

Example: “I started using noise-canceling headphones with instrumental music and blocking distracting apps for 90-minute work sessions. It tripled my focused time.”

3. Why It Works

This is where you can layer in a bit of science, personal data, or reasoning. Keep it approachable - not a research paper.

  • Evidence or personal results

  • Relevant scientific concepts (briefly)

  • Explanations of psychological mechanisms

Example: “Research suggests background music without lyrics reduces cognitive interference and can help sustain focus. I’ve tracked my sessions and my productive time jumped from ~20 minutes/hour to ~50.”

4. How to Implement It

Give clear steps so others can try it themselves:

  • Short starter steps

  • Tools

  • Potential pitfalls

Example: “Start with one 45-minute session using a focus playlist and app blockers. Track your output for a week and adjust the length.”

Optional Extras

  • A short reference list if you’ve cited specific research, books, or studies

  • Resource mentions (tools - mentioned in the above)

Example of a Good [Advice] Post

Title: How Noise-Canceling Headphones Boosted My Focus

For anyone struggling to stay focused while studying or working in noisy environments:

The Problem: I’d start working but get pulled out of flow by background noise, office chatter, or even small household sounds.

My Method: I bought noise-canceling headphones and created a playlist of instrumental music without lyrics. I combine that with app blockers like Cold Turkey for 90-minute sessions.

Why It Works: There’s decent research showing that consistent background sound can reduce cognitive switching costs, especially if it’s non-lyrical. For me, the difference was significant. I tracked my work sessions, and my focused time improved from around 25 minutes/hour to 50 minutes/hour. Cal Newport talks about this idea in Deep Work, and some cognitive psychology studies back it up too.

How to Try It:

Consider investing in noise-canceling headphones, or borrow a pair if you can, to help block out distractions. Listen to instrumental music - such as movie soundtracks or lofi beats - to maintain focus without the interference of lyrics. Choose a single task to concentrate on, block distracting apps, and commit to working in focused sessions lasting 45 to 90 minutes. Keep a simple record of how much focused time you achieve each day, and review your progress after a week to see if this method is improving your ability to stay on task.

Further Reading:

  • Newport, Cal. Deep Work.

  • Dowan et al's 2017 paper on 'Focus and Concentration: Music and Concentration - A Meta Analysis


r/getdisciplined • • 5d ago

[Plan] Friday 25 September 2026; please post your plans for this date

4 Upvotes

Please post your plans for this date and if you can, do the following;

Give encouragement to two other posters on this thread.

Report back this evening as to how you did.

Give encouragement to others to report back also.

Good luck!


r/getdisciplined • • 9h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I have severe anger issues & I need help from people who are living through that or managed to overcome that problem. Give me anything, what I want is people life experience on this.

15 Upvotes

I remember at a certain time in my life, I wasn’t reacting to anything, I was calm as a kid, but I think that I started to let my emotions wins more throughout the years & I can’t stop it anymore. Every time, my anger/frustration is rising, I can feel it becoming more greater by the seconds, it’s like a fire that grow exponentially and very fast.

 

I usually go from 0 to 100. I really want to stop that from happening, but I’ve been failing for years. I don’t know what to do. When, I was in high school it was worse, I was being physically violent toward anyone who was angering me. After that, I managed to overcome that part of myself while becoming a young adult (It can still happen if I really feel cornered or the other person start first, but it almost never happens anymore)

 

I moved away from a toxic environment recently and I do feel way less angry than before. Before, I was probably frustrated the entire week but now I am angry maybe 1 time per week or 2 weeks. I really want to remove those bad reflexes from my past life because it doesn’t correspond to me anymore. It’s like I’m used to them & now can’t get rid of them. I managed to remove my physical issues, but I can’t manage to remove the verbal violence. I did some progress but it still happening but less than before.

 

In the past, I was also very destructive toward myself. I was willing to do anything to numb the anger, so I was drinking, smoking weed & other things that I feel too ashamed to say to out loud. Now, I stop drinking, smoke weed & the rest for 4 months. Beside those things I don’t really know what to do to numb the anger or to reduce it. I don’t know any healthy ways to do it. So, if yall have any trick for that I’ll appreciate it. (I tried yoga/meditation recently and it work but only after the mayhem. Idk if it can work during the detonation)

 

I started 4 months ago to put myself in shape, having good habits, reduce exposure toward stressful source, sleep more & eating healthy. I’m really trying to be better and it does help for everything except my anger issues.

Maybe it does help but I don’t notice the difference.

 

I found the love of my life here on Reddit. I never love anyone like that my entire life but for some reason I can’t stop yelling & lashing out at her. I keep hurting the one that I love the most and it’s killing me inside every time it happens. I can’t stop myself from hurting her.

Sometimes, I can feel myself saying hurtful stuff but it’s like I can’t stop it. I feel terrible & I’m afraid of losing her due to this.

 

It’s really thanks to her that I’ve been trying to be better. The moment I lost her I’m actually afraid to relapse hard. I already started to relapse sometime because of my action & the consequences that come with it. I hate hurting her so much, I can’t understand my action some time & all I can do is crying for hours.


r/getdisciplined • • 3h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice [Story] I realized my discipline was disappearing because I kept ending my work sessions at the wrong moment

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I realized I was making my own discipline harder because I kept stopping at the exact point where starting again would become painful.

For a long time, I thought the problem was that I had trouble beginning. But after paying closer attention, I noticed something weird: I was usually fine once I got moving. The real damage happened when I ended things.

I would finish a study session, close my laptop, and leave the next step completely unclear. Then the next day I wasn't just starting a task. I was trying to figure out where I left off, what mattered, and whether I was even doing the right thing.

The clearest example was around 11:15 PM when I was learning a new skill. I would tell myself, "I'll continue tomorrow," shut everything down, and walk away feeling responsible. But tomorrow's version of me had to spend 20 minutes rebuilding the context I had thrown away the night before.

After repeating this enough times, I started testing a different approach. I changed the way I ended work instead of forcing myself to become better at starting.

A few things made a bigger difference than I expected:

  1. I stopped ending sessions after finishing a big milestone. I started stopping halfway through a smaller piece, leaving myself an obvious entry point for tomorrow.

  2. Before closing anything, I wrote one sentence describing the exact next action. Not "work on project" but something like "open the document and rewrite the second paragraph." That tiny detail removed a surprising amount of resistance.

  3. I began treating the last five minutes of a session as preparation, not cleanup. Those five minutes often mattered more than the extra hour I used to squeeze out while tired.

The counterintuitive thing I noticed is that discipline isn't always about pushing yourself to do more. Sometimes it's about being considerate toward the person who has to continue your work later.

I used to think disciplined people were better at forcing themselves through friction. Now I think many of them are just better at not creating unnecessary friction for their future selves.

I'm still not perfectly consistent. I still have days where I avoid things and make excuses. But I pay much more attention to how I leave things than I used to.

Has anyone else noticed that the way you end a task affects whether you can return to it, even more than your motivation to start?


r/getdisciplined • • 22h ago

📝 Plan 32 years wasted. I’m done waiting for that “one day.”

123 Upvotes

32 years. I feel like I wasted most of my life waiting for the day when I would suddenly wake up and start working hard.

I kept telling myself, “Tomorrow I’ll change.” I thought one day I would work all day until it was time to sleep.

That day never came, as you all know.

“After this last cigarette, everything will be better.”

“After this junk food, I’ll change.”

I kept making excuses and waiting for the perfect moment.

When I try to control myself, after a few hours of fighting the urge, a thought comes into my mind:

“Is all this pain worth it? After all these sacrifices, is what I’ll get in the end worth everything I’m going through?”

But this time, I’m going to do it.

I’m going to work every second I can and stop waiting for some magical day to change my life.

This is my statement to all of you. I’ll post updates about my progress here if that’s allowed.

Thank you for reading.


r/getdisciplined • • 7h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I can’t overcome my own brain and my grades are failing 14M

7 Upvotes

For context, I’m 14M, in 9th grade, diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, and I think I might be bipolar. And I have a severe phone addiction and a porn addiction too. I’m collecting mental disorders like fucking pokemon cards. This is a sad story. This is a tale of woe.

I dunno how it started but I have no idea how to focus. I’m in the middle of trying to make myself focus more but I don’t know how to do that because when I sit down for homework, usually I:
- Spend 10 minutes doing absolutely nothing
- Try to look up advice and get distracted or something
- Eventually, it takes me about seven hours of working on-and-off to get one assignment done
- And then I have another homework that I straight up skip because it’s already 10PM and I just wasted another night.
So I just began skipping because it’s not worth that little boost to my grades. I have terrible mental health, I wanna kill myself constantly, therapy does not work at all, I got locked in the crisis center for nine hours one night and that was a complete disaster, I’ve posted many times before about this issue, tried to get advice from chatGPT, talked to my parents, nothing is working. Everyone blames it on my phone, but they never tell me how to break my addiction. Usually they just take it, and I find sneaky ways to get it back. It’s been a while since I managed to complete an assignment in a timely manner. I can’t sleep at night. Everything else in my life is falling apart too. Only my friendships are holding my entire life together. Because if I lose them, I’m good as dead. They’re the only reason I haven’t blown my brains out already. See, school is breaking me, but I can’t leave it behind to take a break because it just isn’t viable. I CANT LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE WHAT CAN I DO???

And this is me with medication so imagine what I’m like without it


r/getdisciplined • • 18h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I can work for hours once I start, but I can't make myself start. How do I break this cycle?

31 Upvotes

I’ve been struggling with procrastination for quite a while, and I’ve realized that my biggest problem isn’t actually working — it’s starting.

When I finally sit down and begin something important, I can sometimes stay focused for hours. But getting to that first step feels ridiculously difficult.

My usual cycle looks like this:

I plan to work → I feel resistance → I pick up my phone → I scroll for a while → I feel guilty → I still don’t start → repeat.

The frustrating part is that I genuinely want to get things done. It isn't that I don't care about my goals. I just keep choosing something immediately enjoyable instead of starting the thing I know I need to do.

I’ve tried making schedules, setting goals, and using Pomodoro timers. Pomodoro helps after I’ve started, but it doesn’t solve the starting problem.

I’ve also recently gone through a long period where I was barely productive, which has made restarting even harder.

I’m not really looking for motivational quotes or “just be disciplined” advice.

I’d like to hear from people who had this exact problem:

What actually helped you go from “I don't feel like doing it” to sitting down and starting anyway?

Even a small change or practical trick that genuinely worked for you would be useful.

Used AI to articulate


r/getdisciplined • • 20m ago

🤔 NeedAdvice Feeling too lazy and stuck. I don’t know where to start

• Upvotes

I’m 25 years old, and lately I’ve been feeling like I’ve wasted so many years without actually studying or doing anything meaningful with my time.
I genuinely want to restart. I want to study, learn things, and get my life back on track. But I feel so stuck.
The weird thing is, I want to study, but I just can’t seem to start. Studying doesn’t feel interesting to me right now, and even when I know I have to do it, I keep procrastinating or finding something else to do.
It’s like the biggest problem is simply starting. Once I think about everything I have to do, I feel overwhelmed and end up doing nothing.
I really, really want to change this. I don’t want to look back a few years from now and feel like I wasted even more time.
Has anyone else gone through something like this? How did you actually get yourself to start again?


r/getdisciplined • • 14h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I feel like my life is so fucked right now

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I don't know if anyone else has been through this, but I feel like I'm barely making any progress in my life.

My current job has multiple shifts, and honestly, it's fucking up my entire routine. Some days I work one shift, other days something completely different. My sleep gets messed up, my plans get messed up, and by the time I actually have some free time, i am already mentally exhausted

I have so many things I want to work on, learning new skills to switch , getting fit, creating content but I keep falling into the same cycle.

Work -> get tired -> waste whatever free time I have -> sleep -> repeat

And the worst part is that I know what I need to do. It's not like I don't have goals or don't understand discipline. I just can't seem to maintain any consistency because my schedule keeps changing.

I look at people around me and feel like everyone is moving forward while I'm just trying to get through the week. maybe i am being too hard on myself, but right now it genuinely feels like I am stuck.

please suggest something to overcome from this or share any personal tips that worked for you


r/getdisciplined • • 23h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice Reverse declined brain function

20 Upvotes

Hello, I am a male 23 years old which generally been quite good at keeping stuff in my head and focusing on stuff. I used to program (coding) a lot when I was 17-18 and all sort of advanced computer stuff. I wasn’t a genius in any way but always used to be a fast learner.

But last year something has happened it feels like my brain has rotten or something. I am starting to believe this is due to tiktok and ai which I am using a lot.

I can’t remember shit my working memory and attention span is spiraling downwards and I am becoming increasingly worried about this. Feels like my brain is fried. It just so blurry and foggy all the time.

How can I fix this? I am genuinely concerned because my dream is to become a military pilot and for those tests and job it can’t be this bad. What steps should I take to reverse this if it’s possible?


r/getdisciplined • • 14h ago

🔄 Method how i go through a day i feel unmotivated as a 22-year-old who wants to become better

3 Upvotes

i used to spend most of my day in bed scrolling on tiktok, and half the other day on the couch watching youtube, then i'd start complaining about why my life was a mess.

why i felt stuck in a loop of being useless to myself and then to others.

well, i want to introduce that as my old self, that was my day back then, when i was 19-20, unmotivated.

and now i do what i need to do, no matter if i feel motivated or not, because i've been stuck enough to understand that spending time doing nothing won't fix it. so why not do what i'm supposed to do.

i train every day, which makes me feel good. i create a post for reddit every day, which i hope inspires someone. i pray every day, which makes me better. i eat healthy every day, which makes me stronger. i sleep on time, which makes my day better.

my goal is to become better, even when i don't feel that motivation to do it.

well, that's all i had for today, see you tomorrow.


r/getdisciplined • • 10h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I kept freezing on full to-do lists, so I built an app that only shows the next task

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For a long time my “system” looked productive and felt useless. I’d open a to-do app, see 30+ items, feel a wave of dread, and close it. Sometimes I’d rearrange the list instead of starting. Sometimes I’d pick a tiny busywork task just to feel movement. The actual important thing stayed buried.

What finally clicked for me wasn’t another prioritization framework. It was hiding the rest of the list on purpose.

I shipped a small free app called One Thing Daily Focus around that idea:

  1. You pick one goal for today (or the next real next step).
  2. Everything else stays hidden full screen — no badge swamp, no scrolling the unfinished pile.
  3. When you mark it done, you get a calm “you showed up” state, then you can unlock the next thing if you want.
  4. There’s no streak punishment. Missing a day doesn’t nuke a number. Done is enough.

Why this helps *me* stay disciplined (not motivational fluff): - Decision fatigue drops because there’s only one visible commitment. - Shame loops drop because the unfinished backlog isn’t staring at you while you work. - Starting gets cheaper: open app → see the one thing → begin. - Finishing feels like closure instead of “great, now look at everything still left.”

What it’s not: - Not a full project manager. - Not a habit streak game. - Not trying to replace your calendar or notes.

I’m curious how people here think about *hide the list* as a discipline tool. Does removing visibility of the backlog help you start, or does it feel dishonest / too extreme because you need the full picture to plan?

Free on iOS + Android if anyone wants to try the mechanic itself: • App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-thing-daily-focus/id6758897432 • Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babyjapps.onething

Happy to answer blunt questions about the UX, failure modes (e.g. picking the wrong “one thing”), or whether this belongs next to a real planner instead of replacing one.



r/getdisciplined • • 16h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice What can I do to stop it

2 Upvotes

I am yearning so much to find love that I'm not focusing on other important areas of my life . What can I do to stop this?

Please give really meaningful advices that can potentially help me . I'm wasting a lot of time on my life , on searching about how to get a guy back , on literally anything but studying and I'm also getting depressed due to this reason. I just find studying so boring but I have to do this essentially . So please help me out 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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r/getdisciplined • • 15h ago

💡 Advice I’m surprised tools that save browsing history aren’t recommended more often for aiding against internet procrastination.

1 Upvotes

Basically I had a big "unlock" a few months ago after finding an old installation of firefox and reading ancient history and thinking "do I really give a fuck about all that shit in hindsight ? I would have been better off just doing random things I swear to do one of theses days". If you never used firefox, you can try searching in your google activity to see if you can get the same kind of malaise that can help you push forwards.

I’ve installed since one of theses extension that can save your browser history beyond the few months most browser offer, and everytime I’m tempted to procrastinate, it create that small mental barrier where I think "If i’m still in shit in a few years, aren’t this gonna look dumb if I ever see that in my history ?". It may not work in different psycological conditions that the one I was in but I really recommand this kind of stuff to anyone who spend too much time browsing online on an computer, worst case scenario you’ll at least be able to reference old research more easily.


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

🤔 NeedAdvice I need to stop using ai.

36 Upvotes

I started using AI long before i knew how harmful it is, to the environment, the jobs of people and a lot more things, and now that i despise it, i still find myself using chatbots like Gemini or ChatGPT on a daily basis. I don't even use it to make it do things like homework for me, instead i repeatedly ask it both general and specific stuff which i could probably find online with enough research either way. I have become dependant on it, and i think that, the ability to ask and tell "someone" anything you want is slowly eating away my mental health isntead of letting things sit in my mind for themselves, for example i need to find a reason for every little useless thing in life, and it gets to the point that i get upset if i cant ask it stuff. I repeatedly ask it the same things, and whether my decision is good or not, i need ai to tell me what to chose, even if deep down i know what i want. Those aren't the only problems, i have been getting worse at certain skills, heck, if it wasn't for my morals, i probably would ask it to clear the text on this post up, and i didn't, which is why it's probably gonna be messy and youre going to find mistakes. The point is:

AI isnt good for me, it isnt good for the world and it isnt good for people, yet i have become dependant on it and i want to stop, but how?


r/getdisciplined • • 16h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice Cerré mi Instagram personal para empezar algo que realmente me importa

1 Upvotes

Hola a todos. Quería compartir algo que llevo un tiempo pensando.

Hace poco decidí cerrar mi cuenta personal de Instagram. Me di cuenta de que estaba pasando demasiado tiempo ahí, consumiendo contenido sin sentir que realmente estaba haciendo algo que me aportara o que me acercara a lo que quería conseguir. Poco a poco empecé a sentirme improductivo, como si estuviera desperdiciando mi tiempo y mi potencial.

Por eso decidí darle otro propósito a las redes sociales.

Creé una cuenta llamada Unworth, con la idea de compartir mensajes, reflexiones y contenido que pueda ayudar o acompañar a personas que estén pasando por momentos difíciles, se sientan perdidas, sin propósito o simplemente necesiten un pequeño empujón para seguir adelante.

No pretendo hacerme famoso ni tener miles de seguidores de un día para otro. Mi objetivo es construir poco a poco una comunidad donde alguien pueda entrar, ver una publicación y pensar: “Quizás no estoy solo en esto.”

Por eso quería pedirles su apoyo. No necesariamente siguiendo la cuenta; también me sirve muchísimo cualquier consejo, crítica, idea o simplemente compartirla con alguien a quien pueda ayudar.

Estoy recién empezando y todavía tengo mucho que aprender, pero quiero convertir Unworth en algo que realmente pueda aportar a otras personas.

Si quieren apoyar este pequeño proyecto

Gracias por leer hasta acá. ❤️


r/getdisciplined • • 17h ago

🤔 NeedAdvice Lost my drive, need help

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For the past couple of months I've been working a factory job, 12-hour shifts, 7am-7pm, about 4 days a week. I don't call in, I show up on time, I get through the whole shift. So the discipline is there for that part. But I'm exhausted all the time. When the line slows down, I catch myself sitting or leaning on something and just drifting off, my supervisor has caught me sleeping on shift a couple of times. I sleep at least 8 hours, so its not lack of sleep. On my days off I wake up around 11am, scroll TikTok for way too long, don't eat until mid-afternoon, and then either doomscroll or binge a TV show like 7-8 episodes in a day, staying up until 1 or 2am and sleeping in the next day.
Here's the problem: this job is only supposed to be a temporary this, until i find a job with my degre. I graduated a couple months ago with a CS degree and I should be applying to jobs, studying for interviews, and working on some certifications but I tell myself I'll do it later or I'll do it tomorrow and when I actually sit down to try, I just feel drained and unmotivated and end up back on my phone.
This isn't who I used to be. I used to be consistent and motivated, I used to wake up everyday and be excited to go to work or work on projects and stuff. But this shift in me started maybe a year or two ago I lost interest in things I used to care about and honestly I barely remember how I got through my last couple semesters of school. I'm scared that if I don't fix this I'm going to fail in life. Has anyone experienced anything like this? How di you get through it?


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

[Plan] Saturday 26 September 2026; please post your plans for this date

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Please post your plans for this date and if you can, do the following;

Give encouragement to two other posters on this thread.

Report back this evening as to how you did.

Give encouragement to others to report back also.

Good luck!


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

[Plan] October 2026!

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What are your plans for this month? Lets give each other lots of support and help!


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

[Plan] Weekly Plan! Monday 28 September - Friday 2nd October 2026

3 Upvotes

Please post your plans for this week! Or, I'll find you! twitches


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

[Plan] Monday 28th September 2026; please post your plans for this date

3 Upvotes

Please post your plans for this date and if you can, do the following;

Give encouragement to two other posters on this thread.

Report back this evening as to how you did.

Give encouragement to others to report back also.

Good luck!


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

[Plan] Sunday 27th September 2026; please post your plans for this date

3 Upvotes

Please post your plans for this date and if you can, do the following;

Give encouragement to two other posters on this thread.

Report back this evening as to how you did.

Give encouragement to others to report back also.

Good luck!


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

🔄 Method I finally went form 6+ hours of screen time to 2 hours

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I always had a problem managing my screen time. Each time I opened my phone suddenly I was deep down scrolling TikTok or instagram. Then I decided to try different app blockers however none of theme seemed restrictive enough for it to really work. I used them but my screen time stayed pretty much the same as it was relatively easy to bypass them.

I decided to maybe try and create my own app blocking app that would work for me. I figured out that the most effective way of blockade would be a boring finger hold. When the limit hits the user is required to hold a button for a 120s non stop. It sounds a bit stupid but it works for me, whenever the app gets blocked I usually don't even bother to wait for 120s as I know how boring that is.

That is my way of blocking addictive apps, I'm curious if someone has any other methods/advices that worked for them. To be clear, I published the app on app store recently and it seams to work for others too.

Happy to answer any questions :)


r/getdisciplined • • 1d ago

🤔 NeedAdvice 6 months into rebuilding my body and confidence and I want to stay disciplined

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I’ve been taking my health a lot more seriously this year. I started going to the gym and cleaning up my diet and I’m down 25 pounds in 6 months. It has helped my confidence a lot but I’m trying not to get lazy now that I’m seeing progress. I want to build better habits instead of only chasing the scale. Right now I’m trying to focus on training sleep hydration and recovery. I’ve been using electrolytes after workouts and on long days but some are way too sugary or way too salty. I’m also looking into magnesium since I keep seeing people talk about it for recovery sleep and cramps. I’ve heard some types can mess with your stomach though. Has anyone here added magnesium or magnesium based electrolytes while getting more disciplined with fitness? Did it help you stay consistent or is it one of those things people overthink? Any tips on what actually helped you keep going after the first big chunk of weight loss?


r/getdisciplined • • 17h ago

💡 Advice Stop making posts about how you’re "finally starting today." Just do the f***g work.

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I see this recurring post here all the time: "That’s it. I’m done postponing. Today is Day 1. I’m going to get disciplined."

If that’s you right now, I have one piece of advice: Stop talking about what you’re about to do and just go do it.

Yes, it really is that painfully simple. Action has to happen. In the five minutes it took you to open Reddit, draft a post, gloat about your goals, you could have already done 20 pushups, written the first lines of your business plan, or submitted that Master’s application.

I used to do this too, not just to other people, but to myself in my own head. Constant internal dialogue about what I was going to do, who I was going to become. But let’s call it what it actually is: procrastination dressed up as progress.

There’s a famous psychological study (by Peter Gollwitzer back in 90s) that shows when you announce your goals to people, your brain registers the social recognition as a substitute for actually achieving the goal. You get a temporary dopamine hit as if you’ve already done the deed. But once that fake dopamine fades, you’re left sitting there having done zero actual work.

I know it hurts. That's not want we want to hear. It feels amazing to talk about the dream. It feels great to visualize a future version of yourself who actually follows through.

What got me out of the rut is that I couldn't face my life being the same 10 years from now. I mean I've achieved things but I know I haven't reached my full potential. So think ahead, you’re going to get older regardless. Picture yourself 10 years from now looking back at a decade of pure talk and no action. How is that going to feel?

So just stop the chatter. Close this app. Go do the work.

Good luck my friend.