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@ShugoWah@snouts.online i have to trick my dumb brain into doing things all the time, because otherwise i either burn out, or can't for the life of me get started
two things that seem to help me are the pomodoro technique and permissive streaks (basically streaks, with allowances to skip days according to well-defined rules)
i also find that organizing things into a kanban helps overcome the resistance when you finish a thing and don't know what to do next
maybe you can find tricks that help you too..?
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@ShugoWah@snouts.online thing is, i know that it totally sucks to want to *want* to do things, especially when those things are largely the actions you describe yourself with--but motivation is like a wave that rises and falls
some days, (or maybe lots of days) you might not feel it. and actually, in your case, it kinda sounds like burnout--which is a nifty little affliction that actually can happen by simply worrying about not doing enough
luckily, recognizing it for what it is can actually help you out!
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@ShugoWah@snouts.online burnout can make the things you enjoy feel like trying to jog through waist-deep mud
it also gets worse by trying to spend your willpower to get over it
two ways out of it are either to recognize that you have burnt out, and to allow yourself to do other things until inspiration sparks again, or to trick your brain into getting over the inertia, and to limit how much willpower you use when you are working on something (that's why tricks work for me, actually)
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@ShugoWah@snouts.online there's likely ways to be nicer to yourself, and to keep the things you enjoy out of burnout. it's *extremely* worth it to find those things
try things! even if you aren't sure they'll do anything for you. you might be pleasantly surprised!
also, if you're doing fine, you still shouldn't overextend or deviate from the things that keep your mind in good form, because it's a lot nicer to stay in a good space than it is to dig out of a nasty one
anyway, i hope this is helpful..! ^^