Ask HN: How do you all deal with lack of motivation?
Visionary, Discipline, Reflection, Release<p>VISIONARY<p>I don&#x27;t care what random people think of me, I know what my dreams and aspirations are. I intend on getting there regardless if people support me or not. I&#x27;ve been told I couldn&#x27;t do it many times in my life and that motivates me even further.<p>DISCIPLINE<p>Working out almost everyday forces me to be productive. Motivation is weak and short-sighted, you need discipline. Discipline in building a passion that you actually care about. This also means getting something done everyday. I keep a daily log and sum of my weekly snapshots of things I achieved that week.<p>I have two military-like disciplinary habits I never ever let go - this is daily journalling (mental) and workout out (physical). These two disciplines alone drive every other discipline I&#x27;ve reinforced, including time management, staying on track, keeping up with friends, etc. The moment I let these 2 habits go is the moment I start losing sight of what matters.<p>REFLECTION<p>You need to reflect on things you&#x27;ve achieved, it builds a sense of reward for the work you put in. This means sharing knowledge, sharing projects, sharing things you&#x27;ve done only after the fact with others. Whenever I get lost, I look back in my life and realize I&#x27;ve done way harder things that pushes me to move forward.<p>RELEASE<p>Write down what&#x27;s holding you back. I&#x27;m impatient &amp; stubborn, sometimes I get really annoyed at incompetent vendors and time-draining clients. I just let it all out in my daily journalling and sometimes I&#x27;ll just write things on a piece of paper over and over again and then shred it to pieces.<p>Also, when I daily journal, I write exactly what technical challenges I face everyday. Then I write what 1-3 things I hope to achieve that day, usually its intuitive, I usually come up with it the same day.<p>When I get stuck I just write my thoughts down in journal form so I can analyze the situation a bit better.