> What advice does anyone have for someone who wants to go up levels, in anything, but lacks the self-motivation to actually get started? I was in a similar si

> What advice does anyone have for someone who wants to go up levels, in anything, but lacks the self-motivation to actually get started? I was in a similar situation to you a few years ago; I actually still haven't graduated. However, I feel like I'm working hard and leveling up a lot over the past few years. This perception is validated by advancements in my career and social standing within the teams I've worked with. What it took for me was to to find a goal that I was intrinsically motivated to achieve. See here for info on intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation#Intrinsic_and_extrinsic_motivation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation#Intrinsic_and_extrin... It's easy to judge yourself for not being motivated, but that doesn't actually fix the problem in any way. And it also fundamentally misunderstands the nature of motivation: you have no control over what motivates you. If you try to coerce your motivation into some arbitrary activity, it's not likely to work, and if it does work, it could work a lot better, and it's going to be very stressful in any case. So, a good place to start is by trying different things until you find something that intrinsically motivates you. Once you find that thing, a lot of things will fall into place (at least, this has been my experience). Tasks which were tedious when they were only extrinsically motivated become something you rush home to work on when they're intrinsically motivated.