Trying to use time-management tools to solve a motivational problem. System-1-wanting to do something, having pleasant emotions attached to it, feeling motivated etc is a separate issue to efficiently executing that thing. Anki Cards and pomos are not tools which will make your system-1 want to do something.
What would you change, so turn those mistakes into successes?
“How to make your system-1 want to do something.” is a million dollar question. The specific case of “How to make your system-1 want to look for jobs” is something that I am currently (somewhat) struggling with, though I definitely find that focussing on just getting started at a task and removing distractions really helps.
You probably also need to do some soul-searching about where you see your life going, what you will achieve with the money from that job, etc. I think that has been a reasonably good motivator for me.
“How to make your system-1 want to do something.” is a million dollar question.
Well, not quite. We do know of a very general approach which ought to successfully align system-1 and system-2 values—namely the perceptual-control approach, which CFAR calls goal factoring. The devil is wholly in the details here.
Trying to use time-management tools to solve a motivational problem. System-1-wanting to do something, having pleasant emotions attached to it, feeling motivated etc is a separate issue to efficiently executing that thing. Anki Cards and pomos are not tools which will make your system-1 want to do something.
“How to make your system-1 want to do something.” is a million dollar question. The specific case of “How to make your system-1 want to look for jobs” is something that I am currently (somewhat) struggling with, though I definitely find that focussing on just getting started at a task and removing distractions really helps.
You probably also need to do some soul-searching about where you see your life going, what you will achieve with the money from that job, etc. I think that has been a reasonably good motivator for me.
Well, not quite. We do know of a very general approach which ought to successfully align system-1 and system-2 values—namely the perceptual-control approach, which CFAR calls goal factoring. The devil is wholly in the details here.
where can I find out more about this?