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Re: I hate working hard

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Post by denova »

gagege wrote: post #24
polybius wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was wise, thank you. People who revise their ambitions are interesting... What proximate cause led to your admission to yourself that you didn't like fiction-writing? Did you know that Winston Churchill wanted to be an adventure author? ' Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania is the only fictional work of Sir Winston Churchill... Savrola is in many respects a conventional example of the "Ruritanian" genr…

That's cool. I didn't know that. That'll be good to remember if I'm ever on Jeopardy. :) What led to that admission was all the built up stress of trying again and again to have fun while writing. Eventually I didn't even start new stories anymore, because I knew that even if I still had fun ideas for the story, I hated writing them down. I realized there was no point in trying to push through. I even forced myself t…

This is good to hear. I quit focusing on art (drawing, painting) recently for the same reason. No matter what I'd do I would always end up agonizing over my projects. I hated the process and I almost always hated the result. So I gave up, and now I don't know what I want to do but I don't really care, because at least I don't have to spend all my time thinking about what a terrible artist I am. Oh, and I did this for like five years.

Re: I hate working hard

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Post by sfilipov »

Isamu wrote: post #11

First recognize that your abilities, motivations, likes/dislikes are extremely malleable. It is not productive to view your abilities as primarily innate, something you are powerless to influence. * Building up your motivation, resilience, abilities is like building up muscles - it takes practice and work, pushing just beyond your previous limit each time. * Understand better why you dislike working. Clearly you are…

> Consider your diet as well. Do you find yourself often in a low-energy state? Look into what helps your energy level. Sleep is a factor as well.

This one is big for me - it's much more difficult to use your willpower to continue working if you're in a low energy state. I found that eating a meal with a lot of carbohydrates before doing mental work messes my energy levels. That's why I prefer high fat, high protein meals to ones containing carbohydrates. I try to get most of my carbs from vegetables and fruits.

Re: I hate working hard

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Post by ericschmidt »

sfilipov wrote: post #33
Isamu wrote: post #11

First recognize that your abilities, motivations, likes/dislikes are extremely malleable. It is not productive to view your abilities as primarily innate, something you are powerless to influence. * Building up your motivation, resilience, abilities is like building up muscles - it takes practice and work, pushing just beyond your previous limit each time. * Understand better why you dislike working. Clearly you are…

> Consider your diet as well. Do you find yourself often in a low-energy state? Look into what helps your energy level. Sleep is a factor as well. This one is big for me - it's much more difficult to use your willpower to continue working if you're in a low energy state. I found that eating a meal with a lot of carbohydrates before doing mental work messes my energy levels. That's why I prefer high fat, high protein…

Same here. I've actually done some A/B testing on my diet and I've found that I have MUCH more energy when I limit my carbs during periods when I want to be productive.

Getting all your carbs from fruits and veggies sounds like an incredibly good plan.

Re: I hate working hard

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Post by ssmann »

At least you identify the issues and many are in denial mode throughout their life.Don't hard on you, once you find your passion you will be very successful. Just keep looking your passion.
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