| > When I think about things they are all sounds interesting to me Are they really interesting to you or do you feel like those things should be interesting to you? Did it come from you or something or someone external to you. > What can I do to improve my attitude toward useful areas of my life and convince myself to stop wasting time? Find what you really want to do. If you truly enjoyed those books/articles/projects/etc, you wouldn't have to convince yourself to "waste time on those things". You'd "waste time on them" out of your own volition. You'll never improve your attitude to like something you don't like deep down. It's like marrying someone you hate and hoping your attitude towards your wife will change. All you'll do is just increase resentment of everything including yourself. So instead of wasting your time on an impossible endeavor, find out what you really enjoy doing. Also, laziness isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's one of the three virtues of a programmer. "Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Also, laziness can be an antidote to useless busy-body work. https://www.economist.com/business/2013/08/17/in-praise-of-l... |