This is a continuation to a blogpost Why some people get better and others do not

The default time management involves taking all of your items on a to-do list and filling any free time you have in a day to do it, along with assigning your breaks. This model never worked for anyone. Everyone who tried this technique has quit in less than 10 days of doing it. This technique will drive you insane, you will have the feeling "what the fuck am I doing with my life",  you will constantly feel it's not the right thing to do even though you are working on the stuff you decided to work on.

People are creatures of habit. People do 99% of the same shit everyday. People also think about 99% of the same shit they were thinking about the day before. Doing something out of ordinary requires you to undergo massive stress.

My point is, you should start getting the system to work for you, not against you. The alternative is this technique. This is how you do it: 

Decide on ONE habit you want to have in your life. E.g. decide want to read everyday for 30 minutes. Focus on that single habit everyday for ~30 days.. In the first 1-5 days you might be excited to do it :). Following days you will feel massive resistance and will hear all sorts of excuses in your head to not do it. You are focusing one habit at the time, so use all your willpower and resources to push through it and do it despite not wanting to do it at all. At 15th day or so you will undergo a shift in your brain. You will start being pulled towards doing the routine!!! This will happen no matter what is the task you chose. If you dislike the task, take more time (up to 45 days), but bear with it the task and it will become a thing you do naturally and you will stay less and less in your head when doing it!

Once you finish with one habit and you feel confident you'll keep doing it automatically without much force, decide on another habit you want to have in your life. Rince, repeat :)) 

I hope this will help you with 2014 new year resolutions :) Enjoy!