Build Better Habits by Asking Someone to Hand Out Your Awards
A good way to develop a habit is to give yourself some reward if you stick with your habits. Better to ask someone to supervise these rewards. Because let’s face it, they can’t be trusted.
As the blog Barking Up the Wrong Tree points out, it is recommended that you create a reward system to build new habits . The problem is, it’s easy to cheat when you control your own rewards. You say, “I can only eat a hamburger if I trained three times this week,” but then you forget to exercise and still give yourself a hamburger. So what was the point? If you have any problems, try to entrust the reward to someone else:
So you will find what you love and only give it to yourself when you do the work that makes you procrastinate, right? Hell no. You’re going to cheat. (This is why you read articles with the words “lazy” and “stop procrastinating” in the headline.)
…No problem. There are a number of studies on this topic called “commitment fixtures.” And they offer a simple solution: ask a trusted friend to hand out awards. This makes it harder to cheat. Still thinking you’re going to have trouble sticking to your plan? Okay, tell a friend to delete this audiobook or throw the lollipop in the trash can if you don’t do what you have to.
This last part makes it even better. If you know that a trusted friend controls rewards and punishments, you will be even more motivated to keep up with the task.
Research Backed Lazy Way to Stop Procrastinating | Bark on the wrong tree