It is not uncommon for people to have trouble getting started with sports or exercise, or to have difficulty restoring or adjusting their sleep patterns. Positive effects do not appear immediately; it may take several weeks and months for a person to see results. In this regard, motivation may last for a day or a week when enthusiasm for going to the gym fades due to a lack of quick results. The force of habit disrupts the adjustment of sleep patterns and stress – often, even if people go to bed earlier, they cannot sleep due to the recent use of smartphones, lack of measures to prepare the room, or poor nutrition.
Psychological principles mainly focus on the strength of habit, self-control, and motivation. People need an incentive, which is often absent; unfortunately, social recognition, rewards, and personal health are not always sufficient to sustain training. Resistance to immediate desires that interfere with healthy sleep is a consequence of self-control, which, like muscles, requires constant training and the development of a new habit to replace the old one. For several months, impulse control should combat fatigue, bad habits, and alternative pastimes.
Third-party control often requires financial investments, which not everyone can afford. For example, I achieve these goals only periodically – by restoring my sleep pattern and exercising, I feel toned, but then, having gained strength, I can spend it on work and study, which again causes fatigue and old habits when I was not doing this.
The use of social networks in appropriate amounts has many positive effects, including easy access to communication, exciting news, and the ability to achieve goals when a person’s earnings are directly tied to their efforts. However, there are also negative consequences – ranging from FOMO – the fear of missing out on something important – to the formation of sedentary behavior as leisure and unrealistic expectations due to watching successful people, which in itself carries the risk of developing depression and other mental and physical problems (Stockdale & Coyne, 2020). Spending time on a screen before bed also interferes with healthy sleep. As a result, I try to limit my time on networks, but it is difficult for me to limit the time spent in front of my computer. I often check my organizer and complete tasks before going to bed, so I don’t forget anything.
Reference
Stockdale, L. A., & Coyne, S. M. (2020). Bored and online: Reasons for using social media, problematic social networking site use, and behavioral outcomes across the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Journal of Adolescence, 79, 173-183.