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Dealing with loss of motivation Anonymous 06/30/15 (Tue) 02:24:15 No.3324

So a few months ago I was on a really positive path to self improvement. I was going to the gym, eating healthily, and generally optimistic about the future.

But the excitement of self improvement I had gradually wore off as soon as it became a grind. After a week of being bedridden with a bad flu I pretty much lost all interest in self improving.

That was over a month ago, and I haven't even gone to the gym since (still paying membership though)

I'm pretty much spending all my time just working and browsing /pol/ and Reddit - and getting more and more depressed with how fucked up the world is.

I keep putting off work commitments and now it looks like a promotion I was pretty much guaranteed is going to go to someone else because of how fucking useless I've become.

It was all going so well and now everything has turned to shit.

How do I get back on the horse? How do I feel that same burning motivation I had when I first started self improving?

Anonymous 06/30/15 (Tue) 08:36:27 No.3327

Realizing that being stuck in a rut is like death, but you're alive to experience its horror.

Anonymous 06/30/15 (Tue) 08:38:55 No.3328

Ever have that feeling where you go "If only I did X back then…"?

Just close your eyes, imagine youre an old man, nursing your brittle bones to health, looking at children enjoying themselves outdoors.

Think to yourself, why didn't you live your life? Why didn't you do whatever you wanted to do when you were young and had the energy?

Open your eyes and realize you're still in the present. Live your life.

Anonymous 06/30/15 (Tue) 14:51:57 No.3332

You don't.

Motivation just waves off after a while.

Stop trying to motivate yourself and try to use the motivation you have on small things so that you can build up your character so you become stronger and stronger, finally being able to deal with the challenges ahead.

Don't visualize yourself having the thing you want to get, try to think calmly about it and remind yourself that you will get a reward after your hard work, but never think too hard about it.

Start with small things and small goals and then slowly move on to the bigger stuff.

If you keep thinking about the reward, you won't be able to wait for it.

tl;dr motivation is a shit, train self-control.

Anonymous 07/03/15 (Fri) 18:13:44 No.3351

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Motivation is for the weak. Great men rely on discipline to get things done.

Discipline means you do what you know what needs done, whether you feel like it or not. Motivation is unreliable, discipline is stoic strength.

Train your discipline, your willpower. You can enjoy motivation when it comes, but don't rely on it.

I whipped up a chart for you here. It's discipline that begins the cycle, that kickstarts the reaction. There is no strength without discipline, relying on motivation is relying on luck.

Anonymous 07/05/15 (Sun) 02:24:51 No.3364

This is great advice! And it worked for me, over the past 6 months, I went from an anhedonic depressed zombie to someone who wants a challenge, someone who wants to "take on the world".

Say "yes" to difficulty. Say "yes" to stuff you don't feel like doing. After a while you will become conditioned, and it will get easier.

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