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Keraunos · 36-40, M
The question might best be approached from the opposite angle, "What is making me unmotivated?" The answer will almost always be one of three things, which require different remedial measures.
1.) You lack discipline. This is usually what is actually assumed in cases of low motivation, and nearly all advice you receive will be catered to this scenario. The only piece I'll add to the pile right now is to start thinking of anything you're doing everyday that you don't [i]have[/i] to as an addiction, and to give serious consideration to much control it's exercising over your life/time compared to what it's giving back. Even being aware of this will be helpful in the long term, regardless of whether you have the "strength" to abstain from it anytime soon.
2.) You lack energy. People have different baselines for this. Some things I have found to help with this problem (a few of which are a bit bizarre):
• Start getting professional massages. You'd be amazed how much energy gets burned up in just sustaining unnecessary muscle tension.
• Consider abstaining from orgasm for lengthy periods and funneling the pentupedness into more productive goals.
• Move around and exercise more.
• Avoid [i]regularly[/i] using any psychoactive drugs. Pay attention to the threshold at which any stimulant you rely on to get through your life starts to yield diminishing returns.
• Think about what you eat, and try to figure out what you might be missing in your diet. Then start eating stuff that contains the missing elements more often.
3.) You genuinely just don't care as much about this goal as you think you do. Don't have much advice for this, as I usually abandon things right away myself when I realize I'm no longer interested in them.
1.) You lack discipline. This is usually what is actually assumed in cases of low motivation, and nearly all advice you receive will be catered to this scenario. The only piece I'll add to the pile right now is to start thinking of anything you're doing everyday that you don't [i]have[/i] to as an addiction, and to give serious consideration to much control it's exercising over your life/time compared to what it's giving back. Even being aware of this will be helpful in the long term, regardless of whether you have the "strength" to abstain from it anytime soon.
2.) You lack energy. People have different baselines for this. Some things I have found to help with this problem (a few of which are a bit bizarre):
• Start getting professional massages. You'd be amazed how much energy gets burned up in just sustaining unnecessary muscle tension.
• Consider abstaining from orgasm for lengthy periods and funneling the pentupedness into more productive goals.
• Move around and exercise more.
• Avoid [i]regularly[/i] using any psychoactive drugs. Pay attention to the threshold at which any stimulant you rely on to get through your life starts to yield diminishing returns.
• Think about what you eat, and try to figure out what you might be missing in your diet. Then start eating stuff that contains the missing elements more often.
3.) You genuinely just don't care as much about this goal as you think you do. Don't have much advice for this, as I usually abandon things right away myself when I realize I'm no longer interested in them.
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ZenKitzune · F
@AshishBoy Yeah I would go with some philosophy. What is it you want motivation for?
royalblue1193 · 31-35, M
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MartinTheFirst · 22-25, M
AshishBoy · 22-25, M
@MartinTheFirst goal is there. But is difficult to achieve, so often feel like giving up