15 Ways to Sabotage Yourself on a Daily Basis

Numerous possibilities exist here, but the best way to accomplish this goal is to place the phone in a spot that is the exact color of the phone, so that when you look for it, it will blend in with its surroundings.

Think about flat tires.

Whether you think about a flat tire or or you see somebody with one, the thought alone will expedite the probability that you too will have a flat tire, and generally within a very small timeframe.

Try something that you know doesn't work, but expect different results every time you try it.

This "logic" works magically in relationships. Make sure you fight about the same thing in exactly the same way every single time. Creates a vicious cycle that is doomed to repeat itself.

Place your keys in different spots every day.

The first rule about this one is to ABSENTMINDEDLY place your keys in different spots throughout the house. And then don't think about them UNTIL you absolutely need them and are in a rush to get to an appointment.

Place your bills on the counter closest to the garbage.

Make sure the possibility exists that the bills could fall into the garbage with one swift breeze. If you can't ACCIDENTALLY push the bills into the garbage, put the garbage closer to the bills.

Make sure you are continually distracted.

This one can be lots of fun, especially when you're on your way to an appointment. Place yourself in unfamiliar surroundings, run out of gas, and lose your senses.

Walk into a room and forget why you're there.

This one can work with amazing regularity. Here's how: Say you want to get a drink of water from the kitchen. You walk into the kitchen from your bedroom, only two rooms away, and you see a piece of lint on the floor, so you walk to the garbage to throw it away. By the time you get to the garbage you will most assuredly forget why you walked into the kitchen. By the time you get back to your bedroom, you will remember what you forgot, so you go back to the kitchen, but the phone rings. If you play this game well, it can last for hours.

Never eat what you order, especially if you order in a drive-thru.

This one is important. No matter what else you do, never check the bag to make sure you have what you ordered. Also never count your change.

Forget a minimum of three items at the grocery store.

Even with a list, make sure you skip over items and run randomly throughout the store to get your items. The only way to truly sabotage yourself on this one is to make sure you wait until you get home to check your list.

Put roadblocks in front of yourself to prevent success.

Planning on writing that successful novel? Interrupt yourself. On your way to an interview? Get lost. Hoping to make an impression? Put on mascara and stand in the rain for a few minutes. Hoping to snag that job? Make sure your answers contradict everything in your resume. In bed with your lover? Call him or her by a different name.

Leave lights on.

Of utmost importance is that you pay a minimum of $450 a month on electric. Turn the heat up in the winter when you're away from home. And turn the air conditioner all the way up just before you leave for work.

Hide your remotes.

Make sure you are comfortably seated on the couch with a beverage and snack and your favorite cuddly blanket before you look for your remotes. You could have placed them in any of a hundred places including under the couch, in the couch, between the mattresses on your bed - be creative in your search. Check the car.

Lose a sock.

To assure that you will lose at least one sock from one pair of socks, hide one in the house somewhere, like in the garbage or under the car. Rub it against a sweater you plan on never wearing. Make sure it forms static cling so that you will be assured it won't surface until after you've thrown out the matching sock.

Order everything online that offers a free trial.

That way you will be assured of getting your checking account wiped clean each month. You see, free trial means, get a free sample, get charged exorbitant fees every month for products you never ordered, and get annoyed by never being able to reach the seller.

Do something to publicly embarrass yourself.

Publish an article with a blatant error, like the one found in the article, The Pact, where in the first paragraph, it reads, "Katherine and I met on Superbowl Sunday in 2002," then goes on to talk about that same year, 1982. The mistake must be made in public, where it counts.

And there you have it, 15 great ways to sabotage yourself every day. See if you can come up with more in the comments section below.