Success Triggers by Ramit Sethi – Top Performers

My to-do list of tasks I’ve been meaning to get done but haven’t for a while:

1) Organize my desk
2) Organize the top of my dresser
3) Find my degree and diploma
4) Find my passport
5) Post a finished song on YouTube
6) Register for an absentee ballot online, which requires my driver’s license number

I could ask for help in getting my desk and top of the dresser organized. I could set a reminder and set aside some time to post the song on YouTube. I could do the same for finding my degree and diploma, my passport, and registering for an absentee ballot. The problem with. finding my degree/diploma and passport is that I tried searching for it before in certain places, but couldn’t find it. So, I’m wondering where else to search. I could replace my degree and my passport, but replacing my diploma kind of sucks because it would just be a regular high school diploma. I actually got a bachelor of arts degree from my high school (based on your GPA), and the school district just gives out regular diplomas, so it would be annoying to replace. But, I haven’t been able to locate it yet. I just need to set aside some time and maybe ask for some help from my family.

Over the next week, I will work on items 5 and 6 for sure. I think I might be able to find my passport easier than my degree and diploma, so I will try to check that off my to-do list as well.

Some routine tasks I have trouble with are washing the dishes and doing laundry. I generally wash the dishes I use, but avoid washing dishes for other family members. Sometimes, my mom asks me to help. Sometimes I help, sometimes I tell her that I don’t want to do it. If I were living on my own, it wouldn’t be a problem because I’m used to washing my own dishes. I just hate when my mom does a lot of cooking and has big heavy pots and pans full of grease and crusty bits. It’s so annoying to clean. I don’t use a lot of dishes when I cook or prepare food, and I wash it right away, so it doesn’t bother me. So anyway, I just believe that once I move out, this won’t be.a problem.

Laundry is another issue just because our washing machine is crap. I never had this problem in all the residences I’ve lived in the past. After the clothes are washed in the machine, some clothes get really dusty. So then, you have to hand wash it to get the dust out. Sometimes, my mother will just dry the clothes even if it has dust on it, and then you’re left with dry dust on your clothes that you have to air out or pick out individually. It’s a real headache. It’s like it’s not even clean after you wash it. Anyway, it’s the reason that I hate doing laundry now. So when I move out, I’ll just make sure I have a good washing machine. Otherwise, doing laundry is not a problem for me.

Like I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I could hire someone to help me finishing producing songs. Or, I could collaborate with people. I still haven’t gotten around to doing this. But, it would definitely help me to post more of my music online.

I didn’t really mention this in the items I listed above, but Ramit talks about how you could hire someone else to do the task for you. Or, you could place bets and ask other people to hold you accountable. This doesn’t really work for me. I’ve spent money on courses, and then end up not taking them. Losing money doesn’t motivate me like that. And when I ask people to hold me accountable, I sometimes end up feeling stressed and giving up and telling that person that it’s not a priority for me anymore. I have to feel internally motivated. For example, the only reason I have been progressing in Success Triggers and blogging each day is because I feel like it gives me something to do each day and it’s fairly easy. It doesn’t require a lot of effort. It’s something I can do, and I feel good about progressing and eventually completing the course. So having consequences and using accountability might work for some people, but it doesn’t really work for me.