It's pretty remarkable. Every few months I get stuck when I'm working on my projects. I'm moving along and then BAM - I lose my motivation. Sometimes the work gets complicated or convoluted. Sometimes it requires too much creative energy. All I know is, it happens regularly. And it's annoying as hell.

I love learning about psychology, so I started researching what others do and found some unintuitive ways to approach motivation. For instance, one method called for DOING first, and letting motivation follow.

Huh.

I was obviously skeptical, but then I tried it.

Episode Show Notes:

00:20 - Procrastination instead of working

01:22 - "Do the Actual Thing"

01:56 - Practice actually counts as doing something

02:22 - The iterations of the Like button on Facebook

03:27 - The iteration of Instagram portrayals

04:50 - "Act yourself into a feeling"

05:40 - My struggles with my projects

07:00 - Et tu?

References:

The Moment You Finally Change by Kris Gage

https://bit.ly/2IzoH0t

Feeling by Doing by Ben Hardy:

https://bit.ly/2NsNiYp