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I wait until I feel like it

Motivation is the gatekeeper. Bad sleep wrecks the mission. Mood runs the company.

Diagnosis

Feelings are weather. Standards are climate. If your operating system requires a good mood, you do not have an operating system. You have a preference.

Protocol

  1. 1Separate the feeling from the action in writing: 'I do not feel like X. I will do X for 15 minutes.'
  2. 2Build a minimum standard that does not care about mood.
  3. 3Review weekly: how often did mood win? That number is the real problem.

The standard: Action first. Mood is allowed to catch up. It is not allowed to vote.

“Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.”

Proverbs 28:26