Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated at all?

Re:Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated a... by bipbipcomputer on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:49AM (#34000320)

When motivation fails, discipline must take over.

Motivation is typically short lived, building discipline allows you to not be subject to its fickle nature. (some people call it habit, I call it discipline)

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Re:Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated a... by mumer101 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:54PM (#34003147)

that didn't answer the question though, what exactly?

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Re:Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated a... by danShumway on Thursday December 15, 2022 @02:18PM (#34004232)

Agreed. Learning to divorce tasks from motivation is an important skill to learn that might be worth looking into more, and habits/routines are great to build, but just telling people to do things anyway isn't really helpful.

"How do I do X when I don't have Y?"

"You do X even though you don't have Y."

"Okay, but how? My problem is that if I don't have Y, I don't do X."

"Well just do X without Y, and then you won't have that problem."

"Right but..."

"You know the problem you have? Stop having it. Then you won't have it."

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Re:Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated a... by mumer101 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @02:23PM (#34004316)

yep in another words semantics...

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