I don't actually like doing this. The issue isn't that I think I ought to. It's that I think I can.
What I'm hearing is that you don't enjoy "work" in general, but you need a way to support yourself and you think this is the least unpleasant job - correct?
I've enjoyed programming in the past. I've spent a week doing almost nothing but eating sleeping and programming, entirely for my own enjoyment. As I am now, I dislike doing anything productive
So...why is that? Was it always that way, or did something make you that way? Do you just have a lack of motivation for non-interesting things in general?
What I'm hearing is that you don't enjoy "work" in general, but you need a way to support yourself and you think this is the least unpleasant job - correct?
Correct.
So...why is that?
I don't know.
Do you just have a lack of motivation for non-interesting things in general?
I'm not motivated to do most things, if that's what you mean. Something being interesting can be a motivation. It doesn't seem like it's motivating me to do this project right now though.
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?