Starting a new job soon; unless I can manage my chronic motivation problems, it's all going to go wrong.
Help me mefi's; what's wrong with me, what can I do? What do you do?
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posted by BadMiker
on Oct 11, 2012 -
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I'm the boy who cried wolf! (or 'ouch'!) Help me stop, especially in light of the fact that this behavior has been positively reinforced at some points.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 9, 2012 -
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Should I just accept that I need to be on SSRIs? Are there other meds that would help me more effectively?
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posted by whalebreath
on Jun 3, 2011 -
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I love to read and learn, but I can't get myself to start projects, to create something in the real world. I can't figure out why. Does anyone else have this (or managed to overcome it)?
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posted by thebluesky
on Jun 7, 2010 -
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Why is it so hard for me to do the things I need to do to make my life better? How can I motivate myself to get my shit together?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 28, 2007 -
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How do I get over my laziness, procrastination, and foot-dragging in my office job?
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posted by nevers
on Jan 31, 2007 -
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Since developing bipolar disorder, and subsequently being out of work since April 2005, I find my motivation and concentration has gone to be replaced by apathy and what must seem to others like laziness. Has anyone else been in a similar situation and got themselves out of it, and if so, how?
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posted by AuroraSky
on Dec 26, 2006 -
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I've got an idea for a web-based product that, when completed, could eventually make me a millionaire. I'm confident it would work, I've got the necessary programming skills and all the steps from beginning to end mapped out in my head. And yet, I'm completely unable to start actually doing something – anything – about it. It's been the same thing over and over again with lesser ideas and small personal projects throughout my life, and I don't know how to break the cycle now that I
REALLY should. Anyone have any ideas?
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posted by lifeless
on Nov 19, 2006 -
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OK, I'm trying to write my latest masterpiece, and I'm doing everything but... Any tips on writing routines? Not blocked, as such. Plain lazy is a definite possibility. But seriously, anybody have a fail-safe way to get up in the morning and get going?
posted by klaatu
on Apr 14, 2004 -
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