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One lesson I've learned about myself, and it may apply to others as well: The key is having a particular driving reason / motivator. I.e., learning the skill i
by DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
One lesson I've learned about myself, and it may apply to others as well:
The key is having a particular driving reason / motivator. I.e., learning the skill is a necessary hurdle towards some larger goal that you actually care about.
But maybe that's just me. I have a tendency towards procrastination and laziness, so I need a toolbox of tricks to not just sit around all day playing video games.
- 0x008 6y agoSo what are good things you can achieve? I for one would like to automate my plant watering, but I am not sure that is a compelling enough use case?
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoI wish I knew. Personally, I've never had success in generating artificial end-goals for myself as a way to motivate learning, physical exercise, etc. The only motivators that have really worked for me are goals that I truly believed matter. E.g., losing weight to live longer, learning about compiler internals to keep making money for my family, learning certain woodworking skills because I really want parts of my house to not look terrible, etc. Fortunately, I often find that I enjoy those intermediate steps/learning that I need to accomplish those real goals. E.g., I never would have expected to find compiler internals or woodworking to fascinating, but they became so when I needed to learn them. But I've never had luck, for example, saying "I really want to learn how to write GUIs with Rust. What end goal could I create to motivate that?" I just never end up making time for those pursuits.