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Fallexe  ·  3174 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you motivate yourself? What motivates you?

My tip: don't beat yourself up for what you didn't do. Think about whatever you did do (however small) and congratulate yourself for it.

Second tip: If you feel completely unmotivated, make yourself a small task that you can do in 5-10minutes. After you're done, keep working if you can and if you can't congratulate yourself for at least doing something.

It may take a few years, but I found this technique to work far better than trying to summon non existent energy to complete a task.