>>7894188>>7894114Not OP either, but seconded, thanks for sharing. Motivation might be temporary, but I think I managed to channel mine long enough to set up a longer-term strategy. After years of doing nothing and playing a metric ton of MMOs I took my first baby-steps towards not living on autopilot.
It's not much, but I wrote exactly one chapter of content for a potential book (which I've been "planning" to write since I turned 20). It's not much, maybe 3 pages, written over the last few days, 30-60 minutes at a time. I think the pace makes it less daunting, and is probably maintainable over a long period of time.
One foot in front of the other, and 3 pages at a time, but slow progress is, quite literally, infinitely faster than no progress. It sounds a bit romantic, but I guess I'm still on a bit of a high... It's such a tiny shift in my lifestyle, and yet I feel more optimism than I have in my entire adult life.
P.S. The meditation thing isn't a meme. I gave it a try over the last two days, so I'm still a total scrub. But, in terms of return on investment, there's not much better uses of 10 minutes a day. My anxiety has been totally in-check and my mind is crystal clear for a while after. You won't regret it.
Here's the intro course I started using:
https://www.soundstrue.com/products/mindfulness-daily 