http://jamesrick.com/blog/category/self-improvement/

Yeah well, I came across yours and had to write to tell you I enjoyed it very much. I gave it the thumbs up, so more people can come across it and enjoy it also.

i’ve always understood that if i don’t graduate i’ll have a hard time getting a job. i live in rural indonesia and here even college graduates have a tough time getting jobs, i can’t imagine what i’d do without a degree. but still everytime the urge for this short term pleasure comes i just find it hard to resist. what i did to overcome the problem was to create stickers which had “graduate or bum!!!” printed on them. i placed these little reminders on my soccer ball, videogame console pad, monitor of my pc, my cellphone, and my tv. i also hung a huge poster on my room with the same print. it worked and i’ve finished all my graduation requirements last week, things i’ve always thought to be boring.

i think for a short term solution the little reminders might help battle the habits but i feel it will lose it’s powers after a while. i hope we can think of better solutions for this problem because i think it’s really common and while your post (it’s a good post) opens eyes Wesley, it’s not enough to solve it.