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Let me preface this by saying that I don't want to live a life full of boredom. I do want to feel excitement and all those other positive emotions, but I realized that in order for me to truly be fulfilled I need to be comfortable with boredom. If I spend a few days or weeks feeling excited or kicking my senses to overdrive, then I feel very tired and every little thing that is supposed to give me a small dose of joy does not do that unless I abstain from emotionally draining activities like video games, t.v shows, junk food, etc.
Lately, I started my own online business and I was working at it consistently for a few months and suddenly I stopped working on it for trivial reasons. I had a few bad days here and there, but it was no excuse to halt my progress. That being said, during the last few weeks I have been abstaining from the above vices and started making little productivity tweaks to get into a state of focus on what is important to me.
Example: I don't browse Youtube as soon as I come from work. I only eat 2-3 meals a day in an 8 hour feeding window and fast for the rest because that keeps me energized. I don't touch any video games or eat junk food unless I plan that in advance. That's all fine and great. I'm getting rid of the anchors that slow down my progress, but what I find difficult to accept is the belief that I don't have to feel like doing something in order to do it. I read it and heard it from multiple different sources and the argument makes perfect sense to me. It's not that external rewards or good feelings don't help the process go smoother, but for the most part, I have to first take action and then get into what I'm doing.
I've done it before, I know it's good for me and it makes perfect sense in every logical way, but I have not yet integrated that belief into my mind.
How can I embrace the boredom that comes from executing all the tasks necessary to succeed?
I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse here, but I feel like I'm at a tipping point in my life. I feel all these changes happening just by altering a few activities in my life is giving me more confidence and I want to take it to the next level.
Lately, I started my own online business and I was working at it consistently for a few months and suddenly I stopped working on it for trivial reasons. I had a few bad days here and there, but it was no excuse to halt my progress. That being said, during the last few weeks I have been abstaining from the above vices and started making little productivity tweaks to get into a state of focus on what is important to me.
Example: I don't browse Youtube as soon as I come from work. I only eat 2-3 meals a day in an 8 hour feeding window and fast for the rest because that keeps me energized. I don't touch any video games or eat junk food unless I plan that in advance. That's all fine and great. I'm getting rid of the anchors that slow down my progress, but what I find difficult to accept is the belief that I don't have to feel like doing something in order to do it. I read it and heard it from multiple different sources and the argument makes perfect sense to me. It's not that external rewards or good feelings don't help the process go smoother, but for the most part, I have to first take action and then get into what I'm doing.
I've done it before, I know it's good for me and it makes perfect sense in every logical way, but I have not yet integrated that belief into my mind.
How can I embrace the boredom that comes from executing all the tasks necessary to succeed?
I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse here, but I feel like I'm at a tipping point in my life. I feel all these changes happening just by altering a few activities in my life is giving me more confidence and I want to take it to the next level.
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