[davelnewton]

If it's necessary then motivation is irrelevant. You don't have to be motivated, you have to work.

Your problem isn't motivation, it's not understanding that not all work is, or needs to be, pleasant, or intrinsically enjoyable.

Look at what your goal is: if the result isn't motivating, then the unpleasant work isn't the issue, rather your goal.

[MarsAscendant]

This kind of attitude, diminishing of the person's feelings, isn't helping said person overcome their trouble with keeping working.

Not everyone's built with the kind of internal drive that makes you go for it without much hesitation. Some of us need a certain guidance, an understanding of the process.

In an ideal world, your message wouldn't even be mentioned. The one we're living in is far from ideal. We live in a complicated world, filled with norms, expectations, fears, desires, anxieties, and passions. Making sense of all that takes beyond picking the right goal.

[davelnewton]

I disagree. This doesn't "diminish the person's feelings", it's saying that feelings aren't always relevant. Not being motivated is part of life. If something must be done motivation (or its lack) doesn't matter. Sometimes the suck must be embraced, feelings be damned.

[croo]

Exactly. There is no work with only enjoyable and fun parts. It's called work after all. I embrace these parts of a project by remembering that I will learn the most not by having fun but by wading through shit that leaves marks.