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Many goals, no plans -

You expect to succeed in the goals that you set out for yourself without awarding yourself sufficient time to make a plan so that it happens.

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Dependence on others -

You see your capacity for change as dependant on the support of those around you. You might only exercise when other people hit the gym with you, for example.

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Ignoring incremental improvements -

By seeing things in black and white (complete success or failure) we can rob ourselves of the deserved satisfaction we should feel from making incremental steps.

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Too busy to organize your time -

You are always too busy to set aside some time to organize your time more efficiently.

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Denying yourself the little pleasures -

You deny yourself small pleasures in life, which can ultimately result in you bingeing pleasureful activities.

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Ignoring your needs -

On the same note, ignoring when you need a break is similar. Rather than recognizing your needs, you are likely to not notice, or even ignore, when you need to rest, see friends, or have some time alone.

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Not eliminating roadblocks -

Not eliminating roadblocks to pleasure is another form of self-sabotage. For example, you may love music but won't buy a subscription to Spotify even when it's the same price as the coffee you drink every few days.

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You only do what others would never ridicule you for doing -

Most of the things you do are those things that people around you accept. If there's a chance that you'll be ridiculed for doing something, even if you love it, you won't do it.

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Wasted time and energy -

You spend a lot of time and precious energy doing things that could be avoided. For example, you might shop for groceries every two days instead of once a week.

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Priorities -

You are not prioritizing the things that you know to be the most important to you, like your health. 

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Choosing to be unhappy -

In times where you can generally decide to be happy or miserable, you choose to be miserable.

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Procrastination -

You might procrastinate a lot, and the kind of "black or white" or "all or nothing" type of thinking feeds into it. You may decide to do no cleaning at all if you can't clean the entire house.

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You overcomplicate things -

You overcomplicate things in your life. There may be no ideal solution in a predicament but instead of just picking one solution, you will probably analyze and research things for a long time.

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Familiarity -

You are often stuck in psychological patterns of comfort. For example, you may overwork yourself because that's what you're used to.

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You worry and take no action to solve things -

You allow yourself to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem without taking any steps to fix it.

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Relationships -

When relationships are going badly, you overfocus on fixing the negative interactions instead of creating more positive ones.

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Spending energy focusing on others' problems -

You might spend a lot of time and energy complaining about other people and their behavior instead of focusing on what is in your control.

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You don't operate in reality -

You often wish up these expectations in your head that leave you disappointed. You operate based on how you think things should be rather than what the reality is.

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Repeating failed strategies -

You may repeat strategies to try to change certain situations even if you know that they're not working. For example, you may continue to nag at your partner when it hasn't worked the past 50 times.

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You don't listen when other people advise you -

When you're approached about your own behavior and adequate points are made that may be useful for you to become a better person, you don't listen.

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You don't work on ways to control your emotions -

You have sore spots and focus very little attention on gaining strategies to deal with your emotional instability, which can sometimes leave you saying things you don't want to.

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You create issues -

Stress is your middle name. If there's nothing serious to stress about, you will make things up in your head.

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You don't prioritize -

You fail to prioritize and work on remedial things first (like dusting the house) instead of things that are seriously important.

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You lose sight of the big picture -

The big picture is often lost on you. You often forget your values and what's truly important to you.

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You wait until stress and anxiety is critical to do something about it -

You find yourself too stressed and anxious to do anything about your stress and anxiety, or only do something when it hits a critical level.

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Future planning -

You aren't thinking very far ahead in life and are in no way planning for the future. You don't invest or save money, for example.

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You overpay for "security" -

You overpay for a lot of things due to risk aversion. You would buy a certain brand even if it costs 90% more just because it had a 1% less chance of failure.

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A final note -

Everyone has the power to change themselves and to stop throwing themselves under the bus. Knowing the mistakes you're making personally or how you may be wrongly interacting with the external world is usually the first step to getting over your tendency to self-sabotage.

Sources:(Positive Psychology Program)(Nick Wignall)

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