Motivation to work
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Why can't I get any done? Why do I sit here all day, wasting my time on the internet when my future is slipping through my hands like sand in the wind? Do I want this bleak future? Do I want to stay in retail forever?
Why does it seem like a fuckton of signposts are pointing me to a promising future, all if I give a fuck and actually try? I mean really try rather than wait last minute, not that 'I did my best' bullshit.
Why do I hear a voice saying yes to my bleak future? It would suck, trapping me in an endless repetitive sea of mediocrity, my worst nightmare. Is that what I really want? Or am I a little bitch who can't put on his adult pants?
Why did I fuckup and hurt my dad, knowingly, financially, like all of the other assholes of his life.
Is my life even worth anything outside of the mental stimulation of video games, anime and porn?
Why am I such a fuckup with people who care and expect great things from me, but I can't do the work? What's wrong with me?
That thumbnail looks like a vagina.
On a more serious note, you sound like you are decent at writing. Maybe you need to think about your motivations for whatever work you are talking about.
>>17095206
These are literally some of the most common threads on /adv/, and also literally the ones that get the least replies.
What does that tell you OP?
Nobody here has the answers. You're asking fucking 4chan. To waste a minute of your time on this useless site requires a certain type of person predisposed to low achievement.
If I could help you I would, but I'm stuck in exactly the same place as you.
I'll bump, I have literally spent my day staring at my monitor doing absolutely nothing. I told myself I wouldn't do anything until I wrote at least 500 words of my essay. This took me 5 hrs! I mean I finally did it, but fark, I cant continue at this rate...
If you can't be bothered to work for something there are two possibilities:
>You aren't pursuing something that interests you and so you struggle to motivate yourself for it
>You're a lazy faggot who won't amount to anything
Pick one, and then the answer is either to pick a new path or have stronger willpower. If you can't concentrate at your computer, work elsewhere or switch it off before you start. It's your future, and it's up to you to get the most out of it
The problem isn't lack of motivation as much as bad habits. Willpower and motivation don't last long. Habits are always dominant. The first step to changing yourself is to change your habits. It doesn't happen overnight. Just like body building or learning a new skill, it take time for you to change your habits.
Start with small changes in your daily routine, like sleeping earlier at a fixed time and waking up at a fixed time, exercise for fifteen minutes, read a book for thirty minutes, etc. If you can maintain those habits for a month or so, try to increase the amount of time you engage in them or incorporate new self-improvement activities into your daily schedule. Eventually you'll start building up discipline and improve your focus.
>>17095418
>Nobody here has the answers.
part of the issue is distractions and vices
i work a shitty dead end minimum wage job
but all i have to do is see progress in the gym, eat some tasty food, fap to some fucked up fetish porn and my brain thinks ive had some really satisfying rewarding day full of accomplishment
i feel satisfied, even though in reality ive made no progress towards a better life
>>17095206
>Is my life even worth anything outside of the mental stimulation of video games, anime and porn?
So you KNOW what your cage is. That awareness is a gift. Most people don't even have that. We can work with awareness.
First of all: motivation is useless. Motivation is to achievement as porn is to sex. Just a fleeting shadow of the true thing you're after.
Discipline is what you want to cultivate to go places in life. And structure is the key to discipline.
You must have a routine.
You must go to bed at the same time every night, and wake up at the same time every day. If you're a night owl and that means you go to bed at 3 and wake up at noon, so be it. But you MUST have a routine. And a strict bed time/wake-up time is the foundation of any daily routine.
Personally my ass is in bed by nine and up at four. I like the feeling of solitude those early hours offer. First thing I do is make my bed. Simple as fuck task, but the tiny ounce of effort required is enough to get some good momentum rolling for my day.
Then I jump into 30 minutes of Kundalini Yoga to wake me the fuck up. Highly recommend you check it out. Then its straight to work. By eleven o'clock AM I've accomplished everything I wrote down on my to-do list yesterday evening. Then I get the whole day to fuck around, get a nice long workout in, eat a fuckton of healthy calories, hang out with friends, maybe meet up with a fwb to rail.
Life can be very, very good to you OP. And it can require surprisingly little effort to get there. It's all about getting out of that cage of escapism that's keeping you trapped. I know it's difficult at first, I was there myself - I had five "lost years" where I didn't do shit but browse 4chan and fap (drop that cold turkey, btw. You'll thank me later). I know it seems like you'll never get past it. But people can and people do. And you can be one of them.
