Thanks for sharing. There's nothing wrong with you, but you obviously perceive something to be wrong about your situation. I would suggest that the lack of sel

Thanks for sharing. There's nothing wrong with you, but you obviously perceive something to be wrong about your situation. I would suggest that the lack of self-motivation stems from a lack of challenges. My own experiences echo the conclusions of what research I have seen, that a feeling of flow comes from having challenges on par with your abilities. A strongly related motivational tool that has worked wonders for me thoughout the years is to strive to create value, not success. I was actually in a very similar situation to yours just three months ago (although far from making $1200/day). My mind was in a loop coming up with, as you say, "high-impact" online business ideas. Facebook scale potential was the main criteria. But that thinking kept me in a feeling of being lost, because how would I know what idea was the best bet for success? Then I remembered that I usually proclaim my mantra to be just that, "strive to create value, not success" (which comes from an interview with Einstein in Life Magazine from 1952) and changed my main criteria from "high impact" to "best learning experience". I.e., what provides the most fun challenge? After only a couple of weeks this sent me hell bent on a mission that now consumes most of my waking hours (when I'm not at my day job as a startup CEO). It is extremely liberating to relieve yourself from the pressure of being successful. To realize that success probably comes easiest as a by-product of doing something fun. I still aim for the skies. But I define high impact as my secondary goal instead of primary, which is to take on a compelling challenge and grow from the experience.