Having been there myself after becoming a single parenting dad, I can recommend a few things:
- instead of consuming, try producing small things. Personally I started out writing a daily diary. First thing in the morning next to coffee is writing. That gives a good impression of what you actually did.
- figure out what you actually like, what picks your interest in an amount that it can pull you off of procrastinating. I would recommend learning something completely new. I went off learning a new language, looked into two new programming languages, and started doing something that is the opposite of my day job.
If you want to try out Open Source:
- find projects you actively use. Improve them. Even making a README nicer is a start.
- find something that you can Open Source. Personally I went with pushing out a new OS project every week and do that for two months now.
In the end it is very simple: you have to reach the point where you are fed up with just sitting in front of social media, etc. That mostly means realizing that doing has more value for improving ones self.
Stick with it. And that is the hard part.
Parting words: if you lack discipline and fall back to procrastinating, reserve fixed times in your calendar for activities.
Best advice for the end: enjoy yourself. Be you. Do what fulfills your inner self.
- instead of consuming, try producing small things. Personally I started out writing a daily diary. First thing in the morning next to coffee is writing. That gives a good impression of what you actually did. - figure out what you actually like, what picks your interest in an amount that it can pull you off of procrastinating. I would recommend learning something completely new. I went off learning a new language, looked into two new programming languages, and started doing something that is the opposite of my day job.
If you want to try out Open Source:
- find projects you actively use. Improve them. Even making a README nicer is a start. - find something that you can Open Source. Personally I went with pushing out a new OS project every week and do that for two months now.
In the end it is very simple: you have to reach the point where you are fed up with just sitting in front of social media, etc. That mostly means realizing that doing has more value for improving ones self.
Stick with it. And that is the hard part.
Parting words: if you lack discipline and fall back to procrastinating, reserve fixed times in your calendar for activities.
Best advice for the end: enjoy yourself. Be you. Do what fulfills your inner self.