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One method for motivating myself that I saw some success with is to list out the positives and negatives of the thing I want to do. Perhaps it would be best described as an algorithm:
By this point I don’t need to go over any negatives because the positives are already motivating enough. Just doing this for the sake of the example
Over time, the positives and negatives will be stored in the long term memory from the everyday repetitions of generating them. So, after a while this process will become effortless, and whenever a task gets harder and dull, you’ll remember the positives and suddenly you’re more motivated to do it. After some time, this process becomes a habit, and thus becomes automatic.
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