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Why I am no longer driven — LessWrong

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I used to be very driven. I'm talking "wake up at 4 AM, go run with my dog, take a cold shower, study for two hours, go work, meditate, cook, go to MMA practice, read a book before bed" driven. I was very ready to, you know, get after it. As you might notice from the title, this is no longer true. Why? The first and obvious explanation is that I'm getting older. I have no way of confirming or denying this - it really could be the case that it's some mashup of biological processes that works independently of whatever my subjective experience of life is. But I'm 29, which doesn't seem old at all, so what are the other reasons? The first reason I can think of is that normal, everyday life is actually difficult. This may be an entirely personal phenomenon, but I find that I semi-consciously categorize my life into two areas: "takes energy" and "doesn't take energy". Things that take energy are the big important things, like studying for some important professional certification or completi

x Why I am no longer driven — LessWrong Well-being Productivity Practical Frontpage 72 Why I am no longer driven by dominicq 16th Nov 2021 4 min read 16 72 (cross-posted from my blog, Sunday Stopwatch ) I used to be very driven. I'm talking "wake up at 4 AM, go run with my dog, take a cold shower, study for two hours, go work, meditate, cook, go to MMA practice, read a book before bed" driven. I was very ready to, you know, get after it. As you might notice from the title, this is no longer true. Why? The first and obvious explanation is that I'm getting older. I have no way of confirming or d

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