Somebody told you enjoyment was a big part of your life. Did you believe them? Go visit people with profound physical or mental problems and tell them about your hard time enjoying what they would give anything to do even in utter agony. If that doesn't work, try remembering you are dying. Perspective and mortality are my life hacks.
Go visit people with profound physical or mental problems and tell them about your hard time enjoying what they would give anything to do even in utter agony.
They'd give anything to do it because they'd enjoy it, which is pretty much what I'm asking to learn how to do.
If that doesn't work, try remembering you are dying.
In my experience, a sense of inevitable doom doesn't help me work.
I have a master's project I'm having trouble working on. It's something I've wanted to do, and I even started working on, long before I started my master's degree. If I can't even enjoy that, then I'm doomed to spend eight hours a day doing something I hate for the rest of my life. Even if I manage to improve my willpower, I doubt I'll be very productive doing something I don't want to do.
Does anyone have any idea how I can enjoy working more?