Thread 33629080

How do I become more productive when my only real motivation is "it would be nice if I got there" but getting there is often very boring if not stressful?

>>33629080 (OP)
sign a contract for the military lol. itll teach you real fast.

The secret is that you just do it. In game development, they have a saying: "Ass in chair gets the game made." That's it. You just do it.

Easier said than done, right? No. You're over-complicating it. Just do the thing even when you don't feel like doing it, and eventually you will fall into your natural rhythm and feel like doing it. Stop waiting for some mysterious feeling of motivation and just do it and nothing else. Of course you need to take care of things like burnout which are real so do take some time off for your mental health but otherwise you do the thing until the thing is done.

>>33629168
The problem is I quickly lose sight of what I wanted, instead focusing entirely on the boredom and stress that befalls me.

>>33629080 (OP)
1. Breaking it down into much smaller challenges, even as ridiculous as 3 minutes of focus
2. Consistency builds routine and is equally as important
3. Willpower is a muscle, so every time u try something new it gets easier

So if you're trying to start getting into reading as entertaining or whatever, try 3 pages every night...then 4..then 5... then one day u don't care about pages and forget that an hour's passed.