Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
by zarmin on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @06:32PM
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Thank you. I do rely on medication and note taking apps (though mine are a bit scattered).
One of my issues with motivation is what you mentioned: I really really struggle to get invested. Things that are "work" seem to live in an anti-motivation bucket, regardless of how organically interesting they may be to me outside of a work contest. I'm in my 30s now, and I've been doing this my whole life and it is killing me. It takes a tremendous amount of effort and an extremely imminent deadline to get me to start anything. This (ostensibly) runs completely contrary to my self-concept and value system, but the motivation problem permeates every fucking inch of my life, and always has.
I can read this back and recognize a defeatist attitude, but I don't know what else to do.
Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
by weq on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:23AM
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Sounds like you are still searching for meaning in your life. follow your dreams, dont follow others.
Re:Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
by kayodelycaon on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @05:54PM
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Motivation. Forgot to mention that. Without it, everything is so much harder. :)
Motivation- you need to actually align your tasks with an actual concrete personal goal or sense of accomplishment. And be invested in the work. Lacking that, you'll be dependent on external stressors to get anything done, which will reflect poorly on you if it gets to that.