Finish Something; Anything.
You don’t need to scroll through short-form content and plan your life to feel good about yourself. Start a mini project on your own instead.
Work on a project that impacts your life. Work out. Write a blog post. Write about your day. Analyse your learnings from the day. Anything that gets you thinking. You need to maximise the feeling of accomplishment. Feel the relief you get when you finish a long project. Get addicted to that. The energy you feel afterward is enough to propel you into taking on more projects.
Starting with a big goal feels overwhelming; start small instead. Instead of building an app, write a piece of code to authenticate a username. Build a sample user interface in Figma. Don’t think about writing a meaningful essay; start with writing about your day. Don’t bother with how to learn AI; automate something mundane in your life using AI. Don’t think about “finishing” books; think about finishing a chapter, a section, or even just reading with consistency.
Start small and finish it. Do many small projects and get used to finishing them. Develop the habit of accomplishing things. Soon you will become someone who does things instead of planning until it becomes procrastination.