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 ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:16AM (#34000776)

Write software to ship. Even the "farting around" stuff. Document, test, READMEs, etc.

Seriously. It really helps to power through the "ho-hums."

I have found that the reward of a finished product, at the end, works well as a "carrot" for me.

Also, as has been mentioned elsewhere, establishing habit is, in my opinion, essential.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit."

- Somewhat incorrectly attributed to Aristotle

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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 @12:51PM (#34003104)

I shall make fart sounds app

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Re:Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated a... by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:19PM (#34003474)

Just do it with the full ship structure.

That's what I do.

It will be called "TheGoldenFart™".

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