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by woohoo7676 1918 days ago
I really appreciate this comment - when I was working on my old startup, I felt exactly the same way.

I quit my old job and was working on what I wanted to, and yet felt this resistance that I couldn't explain. The nagging doubts that I was doing the right thing, that it wouldn't be good enough, and the fact that it would be all o n me if things didn't work out.

It's definitely one of those mental roadblocks that's hard to explain until you've been through it.

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As someone who has been susceptible to chronic depression, I understand completely. I've had to explore these nagging doubts with a good therapist to be able to get past them.

Motivation is still a black box for me. I have learned that of I'm not motivated, something is wrong.