I previously think I overvalued the model in which laziness/motivation/mood are primarily internal states that required internal solutions. For me, this model also generated a lot of guilt because failing to be productive was a personal failure.
But is the problem a lack of “willpower” or is your brain just operating sub-optimally because you’re making a series of easily fixable health blunders?
Are you eating healthy? Are you consuming large quantities of sugar? Are you sleeping with your phone on your bedside table? Are you deficient in any vitamins? Is you sleep trash because you have been consuming alcohol? Are you waking up at a consistent time? Are you doing at least some exercise?
I find time spent addressing this and other similar deficits is usually more productive than trying to think your way out of a laziness spiral.
None of this is medical advice. My experience may not be applicable to you. Do your own research. I ate half a tub of ice cream 30 minutes ago.
Re being deficient in vitamins, it’s worth taking a supplement containing all 23 essential micronutrients (every few days), as almost no one gets 100% of the recommended daily amount of all of them, which is nearly impossible to achieve from a plausible diet anyway. I.e. you are probably somewhat deficient in something.
I previously think I overvalued the model in which laziness/motivation/mood are primarily internal states that required internal solutions. For me, this model also generated a lot of guilt because failing to be productive was a personal failure.
But is the problem a lack of “willpower” or is your brain just operating sub-optimally because you’re making a series of easily fixable health blunders?
Are you eating healthy?
Are you consuming large quantities of sugar?
Are you sleeping with your phone on your bedside table?
Are you deficient in any vitamins?
Is you sleep trash because you have been consuming alcohol?
Are you waking up at a consistent time?
Are you doing at least some exercise?
I find time spent addressing this and other similar deficits is usually more productive than trying to think your way out of a laziness spiral.
None of this is medical advice. My experience may not be applicable to you. Do your own research. I ate half a tub of ice cream 30 minutes ago.
Re being deficient in vitamins, it’s worth taking a supplement containing all 23 essential micronutrients (every few days), as almost no one gets 100% of the recommended daily amount of all of them, which is nearly impossible to achieve from a plausible diet anyway. I.e. you are probably somewhat deficient in something.
I agree, but I’d lump all of that into “Analyze the circumstances that caused it”. Maybe I should’ve included more external examples like these
“My experience may not be applicable to you.”
Thanks for the note—my experience has been exactly the opposite. A classic case of the law of equal and opposite advice :)