thecastingforecast t1_j2ppe0k wrote
It might be time to leave motivation behind and join r/getdisciplined. Motivation is a finite resource and waiting for those chills to act is going to leave you sadly disappointed. It's all well and good to figure out why you want to change but at some point you just have to effing do it. It doesn't matter if you want to go to the gym. Go anyways. It doesn't matter if you want an extra dessert, you don't need it if you want to lose weight. Sure you need to change your mindset to improve but you can change your mind all you want and it won't do shit if you don't follow it up with actions. Waiting for an ephemeral magic spark to spur you into action is waiting for failure. Those fleeting moments will never lead to permanent change until you turn your positive actions into a routine and habit, and that can only come through practice and discipline.
godofgutless t1_j2prqiu wrote
This is a good advice. While I disagree on the point that motivation is finite, Discipline will continue to push you where motivation fails.
thecastingforecast t1_j2psvw7 wrote
Motivation won't be with you 24/7, day after day, week after week. It comes and goes, ebbs and flows. You can't count on it and if you have any sort of mental health struggles like depression it can be especially hard to find. It is there when it wants to be there. It has limits which is the very definition of finite.
godofgutless t1_j2pu6ed wrote
You are wrong. Motivation is the manifestation of will. And it is that essential animalistic instinct that drives us to continue existing.
There is no purpose to life, it has no meaning. Knowing this the onus is upon the self to drive self forward. This is pure will, and even the least disciplined animal possesses this. Motive is raison d'etre, and becomes the primary motivator when one realizes there is no reason.
Discipline is the art of using the unreasonable to propel yourself. You don't have time to be depressed. You don't have time to be weak. These mentalities are the symptom. The illness is a lack of motivation. Thus to become yourself unreasonable and attack anything that seeks to slow you.
The truth is sad. Much wants more. It will never be enough if you are using your prime motivator to chase things, or other people. Bodily and mental perfection exist in the absolute pursuit of self improvement at all costs. But the sick thing in this, is that those who pursue self improvement over all gain the most. It is because they understand that entropy wins whenever gains are not made.
Artfully stated "If you aren't improving you're losing."
ButtyButtyButtButt t1_j2rf15g wrote
>Bodily and mental perfection exist in the absolute pursuit of self improvement at all costs
Sounds more like mental illness.
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