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A comment on Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated at all?. Parent comment
Cardio eventually feels good. The physical response to working out is endorphines which make our monkey brains feel good after.
Mentally exhausting work on the other hand is far more delayed than that.
> "Oh I don't feel like getting firewood or hunting today" - Dead Caveman
Both of those have both immediate and delayed rewards.
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Cardio eventually feels good. The physical response to working out is endorphines which make our monkey brains feel good after.
Mentally exhausting work on the other hand is far more delayed than that.
> "Oh I don't feel like getting firewood or hunting today" - Dead Caveman
Both of those have both immediate and delayed rewards.