Most people can motivate themselves to do things simply by knowing that those things need to be done. But not me. For me, motivation is this horrible, scary game where I try to make myself do something while I actively avoid doing it. If I win, I have to do something I don't want to do. And if I lose, I'm one step closer to ruining my entire life. And I never know whether I'm going to win or lose until the last second. Allie Brosh
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Many of us struggle to motivate ourselves to do things that need to be done. Sometimes we feel guilty about not doing things that we know should be happening, and it can feel like a terrible waste of time. But I’m going to share with you a phenomenon that I call “The Schrader Effect.” It’s a name for this experience where you get so caught up in the process of avoiding something that you actually do it even though it doesn't really matter to you. In other words, motivation is a Schrader Effect.

Source: Hyperbole And A Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, And Other Things That Happened

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