one of the big useful shifts for me in last months has been: whenever there’s something i want to do but i’m not doing, i find myself automatically asking “how can i make it more fun?” the shift itself is: my default assumption for why i’m not doing anything has become, “it must not be enjoyable enough” this is a significantly more useful assumption and ime so far a more accurate explanation of what’s going on than the previous assumptions i had through the years the baseline assumption for why i’m not doing something i want to do or know is good for me has changed in gradual, healthier steps: 0/ i’m fundamentally bad ↓ 1/ i’m broken & need to fix myself ↓ 2/ i’m lacking sufficient discipline/willpower ↓ 3/ i just have a procrastination problem and need to solve it ↓ 4/ there’s an emotional bottleneck and i need to do inner work. phew, nothing wrong with me ↓ 4/ the task itself isn’t enjoyable enough* *humans are intelligently designed for efficiency and enjoyment is what drives efficiency. if something isn’t easily happening, it’s my system rightfully and usefully resisting inefficiency. if i find a way to make it more enjoyable, 9/10 if it’s good for me to do the task/activity, i’ll end up doing it in this way, anywhere there’s resistance there’re useful efficiency (enjoyment) gains to be made luckily for me (i assume for most of us, this means that fun and enjoyment have been severely underrated and misunderstood in my life and i can probably spend multiple years finding ways to increase both before the benefits of this approach begins to slow down