Why am I here?

Posted by TehHoosier on April 16, 2012, 7:07 a.m.

Actually.

Why haven't I been here?

Turns out my account hasn't deleted, I forgot my own username.

Well, for now- I wanted to get some 4&0 from people on a video I watched.

[url=http://atodev3.com/loading/4100/motivationwhat-do-i-do-to-do-what-i-do-to-do-what-i-do/

]Original Post

Now according to the video, three things cause motivation:

1. Autonomy (being self-directed)

2. Mastery (getting better at something)

3. Purpose (why you’re doing something)

I think that there are 4 main reasons for lacking motivation:

1. Having shitty goals (I wanna make an MMO, LOLZ!)

2. Not using time effectively (doing unimportant things very well)

3. Anxiety of failure and therefore failing anyway

4. Being tired and having a lack of energy(Eat green foods!)

What about you guys?

What keeps you from getting shit done?

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Comments

sirxemic 12 years, 8 months ago

I agree on your 4 points, kind of. Mostly 4 is keeping me from doing stuff.

Acid 12 years, 8 months ago

Are you jake?

duckman 12 years, 8 months ago

I stared at your banner for so long. At first I was in denial, but now I have accepted that I indeed am a faggot.

Unaligned 12 years, 8 months ago

What keeps me from getting shit done you ask?

Basically, realizing that the finished product serves little to no purpose, nobody is going to see/read/enjoy it or the reasons for which I gotta do X are terrible by (my) principles. Fear of failure is also a big one, and the entry barrier to most new tasks is always smaller than what they seem, but that doesn't not stop me (yeah double negatives).

Btw I saw like 10 RSAnimated videos after reading your blog. Time well fucking spent (yarly).