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How to never run out of motivation?
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y ago> Being curious, is way more sustainable. Curiosity is motivation. The arguments against motivation only work if you constrain its definition to whether you "feel like doing something today", but that's a very shallow definition and motivation really runs much deeper than that.
- theseagin 3y agoHow can curiosity be motivation? There are so far apart in terms of definition and the way people perceive. What's your definition of motivation? Asking out of curiosity (pun intended).
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y agoA reason for wanting to do something
- theseagin 3y agoI did end up thinking about what you said, it took me a while before I got what you were trying to say. I will update what I wrote cause I think you have a good point. Would you like to collaborate? Or if there's anything you'd like to say let me know here, I'll be sure to include it.
- theseagin 3y agoI've updated it. Realized that I would need to revisit the idea after a few months to see if the initial idea was correct. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.
- ccpp 3y agoI've made my peace with the realization that motivation is something very physical, mostly related to dopamine. Many people like to manipulate that with caffeine, nicotine, methylphenidate etc. Some can achieve things with lower levels/activation. But in the end, there's not way completely around it. There was a time in my life where I took huge doses of Isotretinoin, a compound that is known to disrupt the dopamine system. And I was barely able to do anything. Even "fun" activities like watching my favorite show were out of the question.
- theseagin 3y agoWhat helped you come to that realization? The post is actually not about motivation at all. Would like to know what you think about the method described in the post.