I do not trust myself for some things. I know full well what my shortcomings are and that sometimes I just cannot win. I know that I am impulsive, that I start things and never end them and that I am weak at times. That is why I have been outsourcing the things I cannot win at so that I might get better with outside help. Not from a psychologist or something but from my family and friends.

Let me propose an example. I was addicted to social media, and even uninstalling them did not help over come this, as in a moment of weakness I would install them again and go back into the hole. So, after reflecting on it, I erased them and disabled the possibility of downloading apps. I locked it with a password that only my brother knows, and so each time I have to install something, I need to ask him to input the password, which is deterrent enough that since then I have not installed anything but the most essential apps.

And yes, it is a bit elaborate (like everything I do, really). and even slightly insane (again, as everything I do), but it has worked flawlessly. That is just an example of what I am doing to help myself overcome those limits. If I cannot get out of bed on time with my alarm, I ask someone in my family to throw me a glass of water so I wake up (although warning me fist so I get out to get out of danger). I make myself dependable (as in making others depend on me) so I am forced to do what they need, even when I want to be lazy.

It is an effortless way of forcing me to do what I need to do instead of what I want to do at the moment, so that I might be on track as often as possible. The only problem that I can see is that I am not really making an effort to be a better person myself but rather conditioning the environment so that the only option is to be better, which is not as useful long-term, but it is the best I can do at the moment.