how do you find the drive to finish your house projects?
I need to work on the stuff I started but I just can't bring myself to go back to it. I quit work for the day at like 1pm and I'm just wasting away on the couch instead of finishing the enormous project I started.

>>2925415 (OP)
Be comfortable

>>2925415 (OP)

meds helped me start and finish a difficult home project. i wasn't aware of the euphoric / hypomanic side effects while taking them. but i remember feeling energetic and wanting to get stuff done. when it was finished (some 3 hours of moving furniture, carrying bricks to the roof and back, drilling l brackets in hard to reach places), i still had enough energy to take out the trash, then go to my room and lift weights / pushups for 30 more minutes. it was crazy good as i literally couldn't get myself tired.

I stopped taking these bc i dislike having my mind altered, but for 3 days i felt like living on a different plain of existence, one where my problems seemed feeble, the tragedies of my past felt petty, and the energy and sex drive were flowing like never before.

what i learned from this is that your body chemistry matters a lot, that all things being equal, if you had two people with identical skill set, iq, ... etc, but one had less of an ideal chemical mix in their body while the other was in tune, they're a world apart.

Don't open up a huge project without a realistic timeline and thorough planning. You don't get anything done when you're constantly trying to figure out what you're supposed to be doing next.

Break everything up into smaller projects and dedicate a short consistent schedule to it. Avoid tv, computer, cell phone like the plague. Trick someone else into helping you. Always give yourself some recovery time. Wrapping entire days will eventually cause complete burnout. A little bit of boot camp schedule is ok.

>>2925415 (OP)
my kitchens been in work for over a year. I get home from work and either nap or stare out the window until it's time to drink. Booze till 12 or 1am, get 4-5hrs sleep and do it all over again. I dont even touch my hobbies anymore.

>>2925415 (OP)
just don't do it
i can make up to $100/hr or more so the idea of wasting 4-5 hours a silly little home project makes me suicidal.
it's like those girls who pee on guys for money, when they're not peeing on guys the pee is just wasted and it's like throwing money away.

>>2925538
fixing your home is what you do when you're sick of work, but you are right, as long as you can exchange that money for free time later in your old age, if you're keeping it in the bank to be eaten away by inflation, or splurging left and right then it was hard work for nothing.

i dont

>>2925538
op here
kind of the same. I can get as much 50 bucks an hour overtime working from home as I want, but I usually enjoy house projects so I quit early and do something fun. But often I have no ambition and I get stressed out about not getting anything done on my Saturday and then I want to die

A lack of motivation/drive is definitely a health/mental health issue. Literally a bajillion factors/variables. Sometimes the right time to do something isn't when you want it to be. Provided your mind and body are not overworked or overtired and there are not some other important matters that require your attention, it's best to do the good old slip-the-hand-in-the-pants trick to check if your nuts are still there. If they are, then let the timeless wisdom of our forefathers flash across your synapses "don't be a pussy, [insert name here]". On that note, get your ass up and start doing something, anything even remotely related to what it is you wanted to accomish. Once you get warmed up, you'll be chuggin' like a choo-choo.

>>2925686
I find that I get warmed up for a day, and then lose my motivation again a few days later. A year or 2 ago I could sustain my motivation for months on end, although I think I've always had my low points.

>>2925415 (OP)
The only appliance repair shop in town refuses to come to my home, have fun imagining why
I learned a lot about fixing my dryer

prescription amphetamines

>>2925694
Get your vitamin D, brother.

>>2925732
While those give you energy and focus, there's still no guarantee you use it on what you wanted.

>>2925732
they stopped helping, now they wear off and make me feel sad

>>2925747
the minute they create a pill that actually provides executive function I am shoving a 30 day supply up my ass where it'll be absorbed faster

>>2925824
Be careful buddy, peaks and valleys. And then the pharmacy runs out and you’re completely useless.

Man drugs are great though, until they stop working.

>>2925415 (OP)
>how do you find the drive to finish your house projects?

Love is a much more powerful motivator than feelings of obligation. I love my home and I want to make it better. I love the feeling of a job well done.

> finishing the enormous project I started.

Setting overly ambition goals and failing to achieve them is a guaranteed path to demotivation. Things will always take longer than you expect because nothing is ever as simple as it seems, especially on things you have never done before. Focus on progress. Any progress is good.

>>2925415 (OP)
One thing at a time. Also annoyance.

I added wafer lights in my room after years of thinking i probably should. And after doing it in like ten other bedrooms at work in the mean time. It finally got to me how stupid it was that i dont have the thing that i put in everyones house.

>>2925415 (OP)
Get a light buzz in your head. Just enough to feel it and not become useless.

>>2925520
That sounds bad, bro. Make a plan of steps to finish your shit. Small steps. In my experience, most projects become abandoned when you don't know where to start first.

>>2927697
yea it aint great, I got a detailed plan though, all in a spreadsheet with nice color coding. I think I'm just getting my mid life crisis early. Dating is completely cooked, I honestly wonder if I'll ever have sex again. Tooth and nail fight to get a raise that even comes close to matching inflation at work, all for a job I can't even stand. Plus 1000 other disturbing societal trends that lower quality of life. I want off the ride for a little bit

>>2925415 (OP)
Stop worrying about doing a good job. Instead look for ways to do things that are forgiving. Perfection is about forgiveness, not precision.

>>2925824
green tea + ginger + turmeric + black pepper