[antihero]

Oh man, speaking to the choir. When I'm coding something interesting, my motivation and ability to focus is second to none. When it comes to things that don't massively interest me my brain is completely unable to focus. I've got better.

It's like our brains are like a magnetic pole. Some stuff is a opposite pole (so our brains magnetise towards it), and some are like the same pole and your mind is repelled from the task.

Once I was walking into the kitchen to pick something up off of the counter, and then as I reached for it, I got distracted and reached for the the fridge, and ended up literally falling over because I was trying to go in two different directions.

[cylinder]

I look at people who are intrinsically motivated, seemingly all the time, with amazement. How are they able to consistently and constantly remain motivated? Is it because they have positive momentum in their results and I don't?

I am motivated by novel stimuli and challenges but once I figure it out and they become routine it almost becomes painful to keep working on it.

[chris_wot]

Oh man, honestly this sort of thing has happened to me!