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nushi · Jun 20, 2015, 01:54 AM

Hey Wunjo

I'm very glad to have read your post, it's so motivating for me, especially that I'm also in a similar situation with you

I'm also having a goal set for myself (from 23/12/2014 :23/12/2015 - & that's my birthday BTW

), to finish my Master's thesis (which I've been stuck in since 2008

), before I turn 30 years of age next December, & start rewiring my life-goals to spend the next remaining years of my life doing my truly wanted goals, since I've wasted 30 years of my life doing family- & social-regulated goals for me

My English is also a second-language ('cause I'm from Egypt), & I also have problems along the way of finishing this goal, but not addiction to weed & alcohol, instead it's addiction to obsessions & suffering from OCD, depression, perfection (which have largely made me stuck in not finishing Master's for so long)

Here's my goal description:
http://forums.psychcentral.com/self-...sters-1-a.html

I'm still working on my goal, but I have to admit, that time is running & I'm very late in finishing along with time, that I feel extremely anxious & panic that I wouldn't finish my goal

I find a lot of your writing helpful...

Some of the things you do I don't do, but I do others, like reading political progressive, mind science, & psychological-help sites (like PC here) every morning for an hour, while I'm breakfasting (which made me stumble on your beautiful motivational post this morning halfway along doing my goal

)

I also reward myself every day with little things (though not on a regular basis like you, which your post has made think I have to work on), like watching a movie while eating dinner, or reading a novel (a chapter or 2 every coupla days)...

I also started a list of helpful guides & hints for finishing my goal (though I didn't continue it for over a month now), but your post reminded me, so I'll add your points to my list to improve my progress like you

I especially like your inner reward points that you read for yourself everyday, especially this one:

"• Lowering my stress and anxiety from future because I will create it"

Perhaps overcoming my problems along my progress have some similarities & some differences with you... But one thing I definitely would tell you, is that many many many days will come that you will fall out of your schedule & feel very frustrated to the point of wanting to just give it up; BUT NEVER GIVE UP, don't get frustrated when you fall off, it's natural, accept falling off every while, & then after it get up & walk on continuing your schedule...

BTW, if you wanna keep on tracking our goals together, I'll be very glad, so we motivate each other to finish them, & you can private message me

PS: You can also make a motivational time/goal tracker like the one in my signature