What is Reddit's opinion of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos?

Rule #2 in Jordan Paterson's book 12 Rules of Life:

>Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping

I suggest OP reads the book if he hasn't already.

1- Arrume um emprego - vai conhecer pessoas, ganhar seu salario, e conhecer mais de si mesmo sobre que tipo de trabalho você quer fazer pro resto da sua vida ou não. Se não gostou do que trabalhou, mude. Ou, se não gosta mas paga bem e é algo suportável, fique. Essa história de trabalho dos sonhos é utopia. Você não precisa necessariamente amar seu trabalho, você pode gostar bastante do salário deste trabalho e as coisas que este salário te proporciona fazer, como viagens etc... Basta não ser um trabalho que te deixe louco por você odiá-lo.

2- Vá pra uma academia e cuide de sua aparência - vai melhorar sua auto estima

3- Faça algum esporte que goste ou tem interesse em fazer - outra boa forma de conhecer pessoas e criar amizades

Enfim, foque no seu desenvolvimento pessoal e social, não tem como você conhecer pessoas, ter amigos, conhecer potenciais namoradas sem sair de casa.

Also, leia este livro: https://www.amazon.com.br/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021 Veja os vídeos dele, é um psicólogo professor da universidade de toronto e um cara muito foda que ja me esclareceu muita coisa. Acredito que falta pouco tempo pra chegar o traduzido.

Boken släpps inte förens den 23 och är nu på förbeställning. Jag vet inte när den kommer till svenska återförsäljare men kan rekommendera att du beställer den från Amazon. Den blir att kosta ungefär 200-250 kr inkl. frakt i bundet format. Inget dåligt pris enligt mig, handlar alla mina böcker från Amazon i princip. Leveranstiden kan vara rätt lång dock, uppemot 4 veckor. Jag vet inte om den kommer släppas i Sverige tidigare än det så den avvägningen får du göra själv. Jag bifogar en länk också, https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

Don't try to overpower yourself--learn to work together. Be a boss you'd want to work for. What makes you feel "well-paid"?

A year or so ago, I learned that I hated myself, and would have left my self a long time ago if I could have. I never celebrated successes, always put the desires of others before my own, almost never stood up for myself. I owed myself a huge apology for being a horrible boss for twenty five years, and I needed to ask myself for forgiveness, reintroduced me to myself and spent some time getting to know who I was.

We're on much better terms. It's not perfect, like any relationship, but we work together a lot better, now.

I highly recommend reading "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" (https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021/ref=nodl_), Chapters 1 and 2 in particular.

Curious, where did you get the link from? Unless I'm mistaken, there's a referral in the un-shortened link. I don't mind if it was from Peterson himself, but it's otherwise a dick move of whomever is trying to cash in by using a referral link without being affiliated.

Here's one without it and also Amazon donates a portion of your purchase to a charity of your choice: https://smile.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

We can't negotiate with our own weakness until we accept that it's there, and we won't negotiate with that part of ourselves if we treat it with contempt. Exploring these feelings with the right therapist can be very beneficial.

If you want to explore them on your own, I found 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos to help me grow as a person and negotiate with that part of me that constantly felt inadequate. It does take plenty of practice and daily conscious decisions, but there is no reason you can't change your mentality.

Unironically, this might be helpful for you and help explain why the whole anti-natalist movement is so regarded

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

Especially since you seem to be going about trying to create friendships the wrong way - a friendship shouldn't be based on hating something (especially not when that something is the future of humanity itself) but on common interests and goals. Maybe join a sports club or something, do blacksmithing or woodworking (both fun, and both have a good mix of ages of people involved). Be a part of the community - and maybe then you'll also realize that a family is the tightest and most meaningful community you can be a part of - especially when it's your own. There's no one who will care about you (or who you will ever care about) in the same way as your own children.

Probably going to have an even longer comment timeout after this one (last one was half hour lol) so I'll just leave it with - I sincerely hope you find something meaningful to be a part of that can fill the void the lack of a family has left in your life. Maybe one day you'll understand and still have time to bring your own family into the world.

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

Well I tried saying goodbye, and I clearly got under your skin, so here we are. To be honest, my kink is having someone be obsessed with me. So please keep responding to me as sign that you crave my attention. I promise that from here on all out, you'll only get the link from me. Let's see who gets tired first LMAO

I'm actually trying to help you. Is this projection? Bc I'm getting strong "unable to leave without the last word" vibes from you. Here I'll say it so you don't have to. Goodbye stranger, have a good one. Feel free to NOT respond since this interaction is over. Ignore it or don't, this link will help you with what you're going through.

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

I was in a similar position a few years ago. Quit my job with no security of finding another , but I just could not take it any more. Took a month of to rethink a little and read '12 Rules For Life - An Antidote for Chaos'. It changed my life, and i highly recommend it. Might be useful for you.

All the best mate. I t will get better.

I’m sorry to hear that. That must be difficult. I hope you can get either better professional treatment or any professional treatment at all. In the mean time, I can only tell you what helped me. 12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson. Reading that book was like drinking cold water from an Oasis in the desert.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Peterson, Jordan B was really good. But some of it was a little preachy.

Maybe not about taking responsibility mainly. I also thought "How to win friends and influence people" was really good.

Good question.
Gee, if only some psychologist had spent years of his life studying just that subject, studied many different psychologists and philosophers, as well as authors and mythologies, and then written some kind of, oh I don't know, maybe a book to follow that lays out how you can at least improve your life in some small way.

Sorry for the sarcasm, but I can't tell if you're being serious here. I mean, if you know anything about Peterson or about people who are helped by his lectures and ideas, I'm sure you can already guess they are going to suggest 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
In the words of Joe Biden, "Come on, man."

> Jordan Peterson appears very profound and has convinced many people to take him seriously. Yet he has almost nothing of value to say.

Then....

> His <em>12 Rules for Life</em> is the #1 most-read book on Amazon, where it has a perfect 5-star rating.

Remind me who in this scenario has nothing of value to say?!..

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson is another good one. I know there's been a lot of controversy surrounding the author, but the book is legitimately a good resource. There's a reason it's sold millions of copies and has been translated into dozens of languages.

I never said he was hated on because his wife has cancer. I said the sub was trashing a man who went through a terrible ordeal while still claiming moral superiority. For some people the "Are we the baddies?" moment never comes.
You are throwing insults at a stranger on the internet while failing at basic text comprehension. Here you go.

Nah mate, Peterson"s book is nothing like what thus cunt believes.

Unfortunately Libertarians think he's a Libertarian prick like them

You should read it. You'll be surprised.

Read it in public too. Youll be surprised by the book and even more surprised by the dirty looks You'll get.

This book...

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

Well done for taking your life back. God bless you in your future endeavors. Are you by chance familiar with the work of Dr. Jordan B Peterson? If not, I think from what you've shared that you would dig his book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Onward and upward.

Gospel and Church service are not cheat-codes to life. It is a pathway to illumination.

And gospel and church service is not the only tool you have. "when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated." You need to identify which law you need to understand and obey to get the end result you are looking for.

There are things you can control and things you cannot control. For example, you cannot control your IQ, but you can control what you read, do with your time, and discipline, etc... You can't control your genetics, but you can control what you eat, how you get exercise, hygiene, and style, etc...

As you note, the world is not evenly distributed. But it does follow a rhythm.

You also might enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

>I took his most recent and obviously most extreme example as to why he's horrid.

He's made it clear that his comment about enforced monogamy was talking about enforcing it in terms of enforcing a social norm. When you're married and in a monogamous relationship, you keep the commitment you make to your partner. If one of your parents is having an affair, are you going to encourage that? You don't betray your partner's trust. You're right, I do believe it was a "hit piece", only because I took the time to do some research and try to understand what point he was trying to make, and found out that the context was much different--I urge you do to the same :).

>...dismiss the horrible shit they say about minorities, women and the LGBTQ community...

I'd gladly take any evidence that supports this statement.

>...just because they ramble right wing post modernist pseudo intellectual bullshit that gives you the squishy feels.

He's not right wing; he's a centrist.

>Incels are flocking to him for a reason.

It's much more than incels. It's mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters. Take a peek at some of the comments on his YouTube videos, or look at the reviews left on the amazon page for his book 12 Rules. The link to his amazon page is below, so you have no reason not to take a quick glance.

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528826816&sr=8-1&keywords=jordan+peterson+12+rules+for+life

Watch a few of his lectures on the YouTube. I promise you, he's not the monster you think he is :).

ah its a user. Basically her core theory is that masculine behaviour earns you "tokens" you can trade in for vulnerable behaviour. I def agree with it but think there's a lot more latitude than the general RP description in terms of how masculine behaviour manifests. Honestly if you're in a rough spot I'd almost look at Jordan Peterson's work before RP. I'd almost say having a handle on that type of stuff is a prerequisite to be able to interpret a lot of RP related Gender stuff in a healthy way. I know I fuckin wish I'd found it before RP.

Good luck & have fun dude.

I just started listening to Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules For Life. My only complaint is it's read in his own nerdy voice. As an atheist I find his bible references are not overbearing or proselytizing but brought up in a form of basic moral truths and therefore palatable when referenced

Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to ask honest questions and start conversation. It benefits everyone when we’re able to discuss openly without the vitriol and condescension often found in other places online.

I want to start by stating that I don’t consider /r/JordanPeterson to be a right wing sub. I consider myself fairly left, though more of a centrist than most of my friends. Example: I voted for Hillary in the last election, have mixed thoughts on gun control, dislike the identity politics that have lately become more prevalent on the internet/campuses lately, am pro-choice, and have been openly gay for about 12 years now. I’m more interested in the message that Jordan Peterson promotes than the politics sometimes discussed here. Jordan Peterson all types, so you sometimes get that "lol leftist cucks" garbage every now and then but it's not the spirit of the sub as a whole.

That said, let me try to answer your questions as honestly as I can:

Question #1

I don’t consider universities to be dominated by radical leftists. I consider universities to be places where people can openly discuss their views, learn new ideas, and have their ideas challenged in environments that encourage growth and understanding (and based on your tone and style, I feel we agree on this). However, I disagree with your equating departments like economics, engineering, and law with social sciences like gender studies or social justice largely because the approach to the ideology is very, very different. My understanding is that the objection to social sciences doesn’t stem from the fact that they’re more liberal/left, but that they are more interested in silencing and shaming people who disagree with them than other typical college departments.

Let me give you an example. Imagine a context where a left leaning economics student disagreed with a professor’s take on financial policy, or a visiting speaker’s approach to the foreign exchange market. An objection voiced in class, office hours, or during the Q&A portion of a speaking event would likely spark meaningful conversation where multiple viewpoints are presented. Outside of people rolling their eyes at each other in class, it’s unlikely that fellow economics majors would call for professor resignations, disrupt a speaking event, or openly shame each other for disagreeing.

Generally speaking, Engineering, Business, Economics, and Law majors would not sabotage a speaking event they disagree with, or vandalize campus property in an attempt to disrupt an idea they didn’t like, or barricade a door and imply physical harm to their opponents.

My point is this: the objection is not that the social sciences are left; the objection is that generally speaking, they are more likely to shut down an opponent than listen to them, which is the start of fascism (this is not hyperbole - the forcible repression of opposition is literally one of the tenants of fascism).

Remember above when I said that universities are places where people can openly discuss their views, learn new ideas, and have their ideas challenged in environments that encourage growth and understanding? Social sciences often (not always) stand in stark contrast to this by presenting their ideas with the caveat “agree with me, or else.”

You wouldn’t see this behavior from Engineering, Business, Economics, and Law majors.

Question 2

I mostly answered this in my answer to your first question, but my main objection is that the majority of social science classes actively discourage debate. The links I provided above are a small sample, and I could easily put together a larger list.

Again, you would not see this behavior in Engineering, Business, Economics, and Law classes.

Question 3 >You always seem to be championing traditional social hierarchies/relationships and also the primacy of the individual. But traditional social arrangements placed women in a socially subservient position with greatly diminished options for individual fulfillment relative to males. How do you reconcile this contradiction?

I haven’t seen anyone in this sub champion traditional social hierarchies, nor do I remember any comments from Jordan Peterson in his recent book suggest this. JP talks a great deal about how it’s the responsibility of the individual for self-improvement, but I’ve never heard him suggest that social repression of women was women’s fault. Assuming I haven’t misunderstood your question, is it possible you’ve mis-inferred this somewhere?

>Do you really presume to tell women they'd have more individual fulfillment if they gave up their autonomy and submitted to a backwards social relationship?

God, no. I have yet to see any posts from this sub or concepts presented by JP that would imply women would be happier in a subservient social role. In fact there are plenty of places in his last book that would say otherwise (that subservience isn’t a useful trait). Where are you getting this?

>Likewise with racial minorities.

Nope. No one is suggesting this.

Question 4

>You're always advancing this notion that leftists are gonna impose totalitarian oppression on society any day.

Are we? Where?

>Do you really think that rad-fems are at the cusp of seizing absolute power?

No, but it’s disheartening to see radical feminists discourage conversation, or assume that disagreeing with them is some moral sin that makes me a monster.

Question 5

I disagree with most Evangelicals I meet, and I do consider many of the practices of the religious right to be totalitarian.

Question 6

I have a lot of concern for the group-think of churches, especially ones that tell their followers how to vote and yet don’t pay any taxes. It’s appalling.

One question for you - have you read any of Peterson’s books? I’ll totally buy you a copy of 12 Rules if you’re interested.

His book is #4 on Amazon. He’s dealing with it just fine, and his message is winning.

Hello mate, I am also from the North of England, heres my advice:Forget retraining, forget courses, get in at the ground level and learn on the job.(You may need to get your CSCS card: https://www.cscs.uk.com/)

Get into physical shape, start working out. You don't need a gym, you can use your own body weight and Calisthenics. Try r/bodyweightfitness this will help you to improve your sense of self worth and give you motivation to succeed in other areas.
I've always relied on manual labor to make money when in a tight spot. If you are prepared to work hard in unpleasant conditions you will find work. I've poured concrete, replaced rail lines at 3am in February, I've worked at a sewage plant.Try here: https://www.indeed.co.uk/Labourer-jobs-in-North-East
Read this: https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3LHTQH6T2KSO&keywords=12+steps+jordan+peterson&qid=1566839261&s=gateway&sprefix=12+step%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-3

Good luck!

Well, you might want to start with the famous Cathy Newman interview which got a lot of attention. Then, you can get to many of his debates from here. If you are interested to learn more about the ideas Dr. Peterson defends, you can see some videos on his youtube channel. There are also cuts from his lectures all over youtube. A random clip from a lecture. He recently published a book 12 rules for life. And this quora segment pretty much sums up all the basic stuff: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-valuable-things-everyone-should-know

EDIT: typos

Yes, from his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Interesting, I specifically asked you to be specific. I am maybe a tenth through this article, which is incredibly long and full of problems in journalistic writing, and it hasn't said anything that Ethan has done specifically. I do not hold anyone responsible for what other people do, and so far that is the only accusation this article has leveled against Ethan. He 'associates' with accounts that say bad things... which, from glancing below this person isn't against showing embedded tweets, but chooses not to embed the tweets of Ethan associating with people saying bad things. But even if it were showing him associating with those people, he isn't saying anything bad. He isn't responsible for other people. And I don't like people who witch hunt others based on who they talk to on twitter... as though people go through the entire history of the people they interact with and vet them like a politician would - it's ridiculous.

Now I am a little further in and I have some more thoughts, like this person, for the length of this article, didn't do a lot of research. An example is when this person states that "Van Sciver illustrated the cover of Peterson’s latest book, 12 Rules for Life,..." Say what you will about the books contents or the books author, Ethan didn't illustrate the cover. He created illustrations for the chapters - THERE ISN'T EVEN AN ILLUSTRATION ON THE COVER.

Later on the author brings up when Ethan offered Darryl Ayo a platform to talk to John Malin, because they were having a disagreement. He invited Darryl Ayo on, even though Darryl had called Ethan a Nazi, multiple times - to which Ethan takes offence. It seems to me that Ethan is honorable here, taking the opportunity to talk rather than to continue flaming on twitter, but the authors slant appears to be toward Darryl. Darrly claimed that "People should call for Ethan to lose his job because of the creepy stunt that he tried to pull." This was Darryl's response to an offer to TALK. Go check out the other interviews Ethan did on his channel, they are the most tame content he does, and way less cringey than his Star Wars videos.

This article continues to appear hold Ethan responsible for what other people do and say on Twitter, which he is not responsible for. He never calls for anyone to harass Darryl, or anyone else - which if he had I doubt expect this article would have quoted.

I stopped about 2/3 through this article. Do you seriously think this is evidence of Ethans misbehavior or racism or bigotry or whatever you think he is? I said be specific, you sent an article must be well over 3000 words long, of which I read of a portion that was about 2500 words. I also read the embedded tweets and the screenshots, and not one thing in there is something Ethan did wrong.

So you can either get specific, or you can send another long rambling article with no evidence. It's up to you, but I won't read another one. It shouldn't be that hard to find something evil he said. I can find plenty of evil things that people on the left have said. And I think seriously calling someone who isn't a Nazi, A Nazi, is pretty evil - and there is an abundant supply of that on twitter from the people who think themselves Ethans enemy.

https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

Motivational issues are often a communication issue between current you, past you and future you.

Past you has set goals for current you, so that future you benefits from it. But instead of doing them, current you passes them on to future you (who then ends up being current you right now and is going: "WTF? past me told current me what to do, but he's just not doing it?").

The problem is caused by current you, past you and future you not being able to communicate directly, as well as past you not having the authority he needs. If past you and future you could talk directly, right now with current you (and both of them would probably be screaming at you right now and would keep screaming until you start moving), current you would probably address the problem.

If past you had authority over you, then current you would probably also listen. Because if you didn't, there would be a consequence. Instead, current you is passing the consequences to future you.

To fix it, you need to do two things. Start direct communications between past you, current you and future you and give past you authority over current you. You have to implement these changes permanently. You can't just implement it now and forget about, because if you do that, the same thing will go wrong at some point in the future.

Also, this is going to work best if you don't have any serious mental health problems. If you do have those, it's better to address those first. Otherwise you'll try to improve your motivation, but the mental health issue will derail you. Here are a few test that will diagnose the most common causes of motivational problems:

Each test takes about 2 to 3 minutes to complete, let me know if you scored high (or low in the case of the self esteem test) on any of these and I'll give you specific advice on how to address that first, before you work on your motivation.

How to start the communication (This is the easy part)

Current you can't directly talk to future you, because he doesn't exist yet, but you can imagine future you and you can talk with your imaginary future you.

Past you however, can directly communicate with current you, he's just not doing it. Here's how to do this:

First write down a high level plan current you might think it's all clear what needs to be done, but it's probably not that clear. You have to do it on paper, because future you is going to be a dick and not look at it, unless it's right in front of his face once in a while (You could also do it in paint and make it your wallpaper, but only if you occasionally see your wallpaper on your computer and if you know how to do that, otherwise, just use paper any paper). How to Create Your Five-Year Master Plan, Craft the Life You Want: Creating a Blueprint for Your Future. It won't take long to do. You can also add ongoing things to the list, like "keep my room clean", just don't go over the top. We want future you to have a decent life as well.
Just do it now. Like, stop reading and do it now - if you still aren't doing it now, you're just not interested in helping yourself and you probably have other issues going on that need to be addressed first. Probably something like fear of failure, depression or self esteem issues. If you need help with those, then reply and describe your symptoms and healthcare situation and I'll see if I can figure it out with you and how to get it fixed.

Now that you have the high level plan, first make sure it is achievable. If it isn't then first rewrite your plan until it is. Current you can break up the highest priority goal one into smaller steps, that are actionable. If at all possible, each step shouldn't be more than an hour of work. If it's more than an hour of work but doesn't have to be done at once, then just repeat the same step until the task is done. If you can't keep the steps in your head, write them down. Next what you do, is you need to let future you know, when to do that task. So figure out when you have time to do it, and then use technology to your advantage. Take your phone and set repeating alarm clock reminder for the time and day you have to do this task (not when to have it done, when to do the actual work). That does multiple things:

You can't schedule out more than a week in advance. Sorry, whatever you plan, it's got to be in the next seven days.
If future you ends up ignoring the alarm, he's probably not going to delete it, so a week later, his future you is going to get the alarm again.

You can repeat this if you want. Break more high level tasks down into their actionable items and then set repeating alarms in your phone. Don't go overboard though. Current you is fairly lazy, so future you probably is as well, so if you set too many alarms, he's going to ignore them all. One a day at MOST, I'd say (as time goes on and your discipline goes up, you could increase it, especially on the weekends, but don't overdo it).

How to give past you authority (this is the hard part)

Past you has been telling current you to do all sorts of stuff, but current you just isn't doing it. Part of that is because past you didn't communicate clearly, which is now fixed with the written down plan and the individual steps that you've set phone alarms for. However, the other part of the problem is that there are no consequences if current you ignores past you.

That can be fixed, but you have only one chance to do it. Technically, what you are going to do, is condition yourself. You'll be training yourself to automatically respond to a stimulus. Let me repeat, if you screw this part up, the whole thing falls apart and nothing is going to change. You've now set a number of alarms in your phone, with labels of what to do when the alarm goes off. When that alarm goes off, you can use the snooze button or you do the task. If you really can't do it for some reason, then reschedule, but don't cheat, because future you is going to know and that's the same as not doing the task at all.

If you don't do the task at the time past you agreed with current you, then there has to be a consequence. That consequence should be a task that you thought up beforehand, that's slightly more work than the outlined task and you dislike doing. Clean your house top to bottom. Learn how to program on code.org. Go exercise intensely for an hour. That's your negative reinforcement. You get bonus points by making that negative reinforcement to also be beneficial to your overall well being.

Again: If you end up flat out ignoring the alarm especially early on, you will fail to condition yourself and your habit change won't form and nothing will change.

If you do the task at the time past you told current you to do it, You get to be proud of yourself. You did what you set out to do. You're on the path you set for yourself. Now you only have to do one last thing. You need to take your phone and set a repeating alarm for the next time and date when you can do the next actionable item (and set a short description in the label or else you'll forget). If you finish a goal, then find the first actionable item for the next goal and set that.

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Sometimes motivational issues are caused by a fear of failure. I was not able to find a test for this, but I did find this self evaluation. Read it and see if it applies to you. If it does, then read this article (This is more likely apply if you didn't score very high/low on the tests above).

Some people need a little extra push. For them there are web blockers:

Freedom. For $2.50 a month, Freedom will block all social media sites on all your devices during hours you specify.
StayFocusd is a chrome extension with over 500.000 users, that lets you set time limits per site.
leechblock is a similar firefox extension.

If you have complicated plans, there are also tools out there that will help tracking and also have functionality that can replace the (simple but functional) alarm clock reminders. These are free (with premium features) and have a website, as well as a phone and desktop application component:

Join these:

r/getdisciplined
r/NonZeroDay

I suggest you bookmark this page or print it, so you can come back here later and make sure you've followed through correctly.

Omg it's you that's crazy. Do you do anything else? Is this your life? Trolling?

I have a book to recommend to you!

Here are the last two things I bought off of amazon, the price I paid, and the google shopping images:

Maybe it tends to be the case for whatever you tend to buy, but it's certainly not the case for me. Plus I essentially also have 3% off of amazon prices as compared to other retailers as my credit card gives me 5% cash back rather than 2%.

The first rule in JBP's 12 Rules for Life is:
Clean Your Room!

Motivational issues are often a communication issue between current you, past you and future you.

Past you has set goals for current you, so that future you benefits from it. But instead of doing them, current you passes them on to future you (who then ends up being current you right now and is going: "WTF? past me told current me what to do, but he's just not doing it?").

The problem is caused by current you, past you and future you not being able to communicate directly, as well as past you not having the authority he needs. If past you and future you could talk directly, right now with current you (and both of them would probably be screaming at you right now and would keep screaming until you start moving), current you would probably address the problem.

If past you had authority over you, then current you would probably also listen. Because if you didn't, there would be a consequence. Instead, current you is passing the consequences to future you.

To fix it, you need to do two things. Start direct communications between past you, current you and future you and give past you authority over current you. You have to implement these changes permanently. You can't just implement it now and forget about, because if you do that, the same thing will go wrong at some point in the future.

Also, this is going to work best if you don't have any serious mental health problems. If you do have those, it's better to address those first. Otherwise you'll try to improve your motivation, but the mental health issue will derail you. Here are a few test that will diagnose the most common causes of motivational problems:

Each test takes about 2 to 3 minutes to complete, let me know if you scored high (or low in the case of the self esteem test) on any of these and I'll give you specific advice on how to address that first, before you work on your motivation.

How to start the communication (This is the easy part)

Current you can't directly talk to future you, because he doesn't exist yet, but you can imagine future you and you can talk with your imaginary future you.

Past you however, can directly communicate with current you, he's just not doing it. Here's how to do this:

First write down a high level plan current you might think it's all clear what needs to be done, but it's probably not that clear. You have to do it on paper, because future you is going to be a dick and not look at it, unless it's right in front of his face once in a while (You could also do it in paint and make it your wallpaper, but only if you occasionally see your wallpaper on your computer and if you know how to do that, otherwise, just use paper any paper). How to Create Your Five-Year Master Plan, Craft the Life You Want: Creating a Blueprint for Your Future. It won't take long to do. You can also add ongoing things to the list, like "keep my room clean", just don't go over the top. We want future you to have a decent life as well.
Just do it now. Like, stop reading and do it now - if you still aren't doing it now, you're just not interested in helping yourself and you probably have other issues going on that need to be addressed first. Probably something like fear of failure, depression or self esteem issues. If you need help with those, then reply and describe your symptoms and healthcare situation and I'll see if I can figure it out with you and how to get it fixed.

Now that you have the high level plan, first make sure it is achievable. If it isn't then first rewrite your plan until it is. Current you can break up the highest priority goal one into smaller steps, that are actionable. If at all possible, each step shouldn't be more than an hour of work. If it's more than an hour of work but doesn't have to be done at once, then just repeat the same step until the task is done. If you can't keep the steps in your head, write them down. Next what you do, is you need to let future you know, when to do that task. So figure out when you have time to do it, and then use technology to your advantage. Take your phone and set repeating alarm clock reminder for the time and day you have to do this task (not when to have it done, when to do the actual work). That does multiple things:

You can't schedule out more than a week in advance. Sorry, whatever you plan, it's got to be in the next seven days.
If future you ends up ignoring the alarm, he's probably not going to delete it, so a week later, his future you is going to get the alarm again.

You can repeat this if you want. Break more high level tasks down into their actionable items and then set repeating alarms in your phone. Don't go overboard though. Current you is fairly lazy, so future you probably is as well, so if you set too many alarms, he's going to ignore them all. One a day at MOST, I'd say (as time goes on and your discipline goes up, you could increase it, especially on the weekends, but don't overdo it).

How to give past you authority (this is the hard part)

Past you has been telling current you to do all sorts of stuff, but current you just isn't doing it. Part of that is because past you didn't communicate clearly, which is now fixed with the written down plan and the individual steps that you've set phone alarms for. However, the other part of the problem is that there are no consequences if current you ignores past you.

That can be fixed, but you have only one chance to do it. Technically, what you are going to do, is condition yourself. You'll be training yourself to automatically respond to a stimulus. Let me repeat, if you screw this part up, the whole thing falls apart and nothing is going to change. You've now set a number of alarms in your phone, with labels of what to do when the alarm goes off. When that alarm goes off, you can use the snooze button or you do the task. If you really can't do it for some reason, then reschedule, but don't cheat, because future you is going to know and that's the same as not doing the task at all.

If you don't do the task at the time past you agreed with current you, then there has to be a consequence. That consequence should be a task that you thought up beforehand, that's slightly more work than the outlined task and you dislike doing. Clean your house top to bottom. Learn how to program on code.org. Go exercise intensely for an hour. That's your negative reinforcement. You get bonus points by making that negative reinforcement to also be beneficial to your overall well being.

Again: If you end up flat out ignoring the alarm especially early on, you will fail to condition yourself and your habit change won't form and nothing will change.

If you do the task at the time past you told current you to do it, You get to be proud of yourself. You did what you set out to do. You're on the path you set for yourself. Now you only have to do one last thing. You need to take your phone and set a repeating alarm for the next time and date when you can do the next actionable item (and set a short description in the label or else you'll forget). If you finish a goal, then find the first actionable item for the next goal and set that.

Additional Support

Watch this video (5 hour compilation)
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (4.6 Stars, 10.000+ reviews)
The Compound Effect (4.8 Stars, 3000+ reviews)

Sometimes motivational issues are caused by a fear of failure. I was not able to find a test for this, but I did find this self evaluation. Read it and see if it applies to you. If it does, then read this article (This is more likely apply if you didn't score very high/low on the tests above).

Some people need a little extra push. For them there are web blockers:

Freedom. For $2.50 a month, Freedom will block all social media sites on all your devices during hours you specify.
StayFocusd is a chrome extension with over 500.000 users, that lets you set time limits per site.
leechblock is a similar firefox extension.

If you have complicated plans, there are also tools out there that will help tracking and also have functionality that can replace the (simple but functional) alarm clock reminders. These are free (with premium features) and have a website, as well as a phone and desktop application component:

Join these:

r/getdisciplined
r/NonZeroDay