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poast structuralist, meesa rationalist, emotional hypercapitalist, ardent anti-insight crusader ⚔️

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    1. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      thinking about motivation and preferences today. i have been living (and do live) a lot of my life based on what I think I _should do_ because i was taught that self-discipline and forcing yourself to do the hard thing is how you become successful

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    2. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      i began by asking myself “why do i want to be successful?” money is the first answer to me but while i’ve done okay for myself and it’s nice not worrying about it, i’ve already noticed it’s a bit like trying to fill a hole with paper that disintegrates as it hits the bottom

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    3. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      so the clear next step is to think “well once I have enough that I don’t have to rely on anyone, then i’ll be good”. but what does “enough” mean in this context and why is it important to “not have to rely on anyone?” (i suspect some counter-dependence at play here)

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    4. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      so then maybe it’s prestige? but again, with the (albeit limited) amount i have had, it seems to be something that quickly disintegrates when you actually attain it. i.e. the idea of having it is much better then actually having it

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    5. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      why is this? because you can associate any sort of emotional state or happiness with something in the future. the thing is a blank canvas which can have any sort of emotion tied to it, so it’s potential is always much greater than the thing itself

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    6. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      anyway, i think success is something external which i’ve unknowingly *internalized*. (bc school, society, etc, etc) and so i used to think i was unhappy because i hadn’t *achieved* enough but really it’s just because i was striving for things i didn’t actually want

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    7. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      so, why am i unmotivated? becomes, “well maybe i don’t really want this thing and am just forcing myself to do it” now of course, you need to do this to an extent bc capitalism and whatnot but why am i working in a particularly intense job if i’d still be ok with less money?

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    8. shish‏ @yung_shishtov Apr 14
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      because i still haven’t broken the internalization of success/money/prestige being something i can’t live without? maybe is trying to get myself to be “okay” with the higher-paying, less-interesting, more-intense job just me trying to sneak one by my internal motivations?

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      chad donkey from shrek 2‏ @choosy_mom Apr 14
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      internal motivations are difficult to change but are probably malleable to an extent as usual, the hard part is figuring out what they ought to behttps://twitter.com/choosy_mom/status/1218374143474749440 …

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      chad donkey from shrek 2 @choosy_mom
      I’m quite good at academic/career prestige games, and so are most of my friends As a result, it’s never felt particularly urgent to interrogate my decisions and experiment with alternative value systems (beyond occasional casual reflection)
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        2. illegibleparadise‏ @warmbott Apr 14
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          any other ways to size up internal motivations besides introspection and intuition?

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          drugs

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