Re:Ask HN: How to stay motivated through a long term project
by kleer001 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:51PM
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Sounds like you may not have chopped up the larger goal into smaller achievable goals.
Like the old saying goes... "How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time."
Make sure you have sub goals nested at least three levels deep from your main end goal. Keep track of that stuff, gamify it for yourself. Keep a schedule, but keep it flexible and be understanding with yourself.
Discipline is a very difficult thing (the personality aspect of conscientiousness, look into it). The very definition of non-trivial and has plagued humans since time immemorial.
Like the old saying goes... "How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time."
Make sure you have sub goals nested at least three levels deep from your main end goal. Keep track of that stuff, gamify it for yourself. Keep a schedule, but keep it flexible and be understanding with yourself.
Discipline is a very difficult thing (the personality aspect of conscientiousness, look into it). The very definition of non-trivial and has plagued humans since time immemorial.