Nice reading list. I’m not sure if this will quite help, but Nate Soares wrote a lot of good stuff on motivation on his blog, www.mindingourway.com. A couple of relevant posts (but there’s many more there):
Though neither of those feel like they quite hit the thing on the head. Here are some further ideas which have helped me a little:
Seems like maybe you want to rediscover/get in touch with the inherent enjoyment of those activities separate from whether they lead to any state of completion. Extrinsic motivations seems kill intrinsic motivation (even when you otherwise had intrinsic motivation) so perhaps something to try is not worrying about how much you complete, just trying to enjoy the experience of doing however much if you’re doing—and allowing yourself to stop at any point if you really don’t want to continue (Soares-style).
Hi DivineMango, welcome!
Nice reading list. I’m not sure if this will quite help, but Nate Soares wrote a lot of good stuff on motivation on his blog, www.mindingourway.com. A couple of relevant posts (but there’s many more there):
Not because you “should”
Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping
Though neither of those feel like they quite hit the thing on the head. Here are some further ideas which have helped me a little:
Seems like maybe you want to rediscover/get in touch with the inherent enjoyment of those activities separate from whether they lead to any state of completion. Extrinsic motivations seems kill intrinsic motivation (even when you otherwise had intrinsic motivation) so perhaps something to try is not worrying about how much you complete, just trying to enjoy the experience of doing however much if you’re doing—and allowing yourself to stop at any point if you really don’t want to continue (Soares-style).