Like a lion

By default, my mind wanders. Which could be a good thing, but unfortunately I am being taken advantage of. The big tech corporations number one goal, is my attention. Their algorithm is trained to exploit and take the attention of monkey brains. And I just so happen to have a monkey brain.

When I have nothing to do, but do have a todo list that will help me get closer to my goals. The difficulty of these todo tasks seem greater than their value in that moment. And the value of browsing YouTube in search of a banger video seems like the better choice, especially because the difficulty is so low. But then when the day passes, and I am laying in bed, I realize I should’ve done the todo list… And then I say to my present self, that the tomorrow self should do it. Very irresponsible. Because tomorrow self will likely do that too.

So… The solution? Being like a lion. A lion hunts only once a day, and the rest he just chills. A lion 1) wouldn’t be taken advantage of, 2) wouldn’t constantly be searching for a stimulation, 3) a lion is fearless.

Think of this system: When you are in a moment of no responsibility, place yourself in the environment to be ready for the next todo task, and sit and relax like a lion, and keep making the task less difficult. The result should be that the motivation to do the task will keep rising, because the expected difficulty is shrinking.