One exercise I tried regarding self-discipline was no TV for a couple of months. But in a house where there is usually a TV on for the last five hours of the night, it was not easy to ignore it, especially when my favorite televiwion show, South Park, had all-new episodes. We did not own a DVR at the time, so I could not record them and watch them after the trial, so I ended up giving in to that one particular show. Once a week. So, for two to three months, I watched no TV except maybe two hours a month, but the funny thing was that after the new season ended, I sort of stopped all-together.
However, now that I'm getting kind of bored, I often stick in one of my DVDs of Seinfeld or watch a movie if I just want to be entertained for awhile. It's not so much that I'm not disciplined, I could just as easily not watch it, but it's good sometimes to take it easy, slip a little.
Self-discipline takes quite a bit of time to master. Sometimes, I don't even think about it at all. I just do what I feel. It's something different every day. Sure, it's not structured, but I am very aversive to structure as it limits you in so many ways. So, it helps to be disciplined in what you want to do, but if you don't want to do it, then you're wasting your time trying to become disciplined at it.
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