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Honestly learning about SDT (self-determination theory) helped me a lot


>Awareness and knowledge do indeed matter, and choices do exist. Autonomy is, as
we have argued, no illusion. It is instead a way of functioning that we can exercise or not.
In fact, it is only through its exercise that we can be reliably moving toward ever-greater
humanity and community. Yet acting with autonomy, no matter how natural or strong
its organismic underpinnings, does not happen automatically, as existentialist writers
have so clearly understood. Being authentic and benevolent—living
a eudaimonic life—involves
effort and commitment; it entails taking responsibility for oneself. Doing so is
not always easy, and, in fact, requires everyday acts of courage. Engaging our capacities
for autonomy often means resisting or redirecting temptations, cultural seductions and
pressures, and strong controlling forces, both external and internal to the person. Yet
those of you who have read this far have seen the ample evidence that such courage can
be mustered. Even further, you have seen that such courage is most effectively mobilized
with the support and cooperation of others. Thus, acting with an understanding of determinants
and obstacles, we as individuals can join with others to make a meaningful difference
in creating conditions that facilitate basic human need satisfactions in our homes,
schools, places of work, and natural environments, as well as in our wider cultures and
political systems. It is in this regard that we hope the broad and yet integrated philosophical
and scientific framework of SDT advances the cause of humanity and the preservation
and flourishing of humanity’s only home—this living earth.