[polishdude20]

Discipline is another way of saying habit. If you have no motivation to workout but you have the discipline, it's because you've made it a habit. It doesn't help to make a distinction because discipline is not something that is separate from motivation.

You get motivation to do something, run on that motivation as long as you can and hope it lasted long enough to make it a habit.

It's investing in your future self while the going is good. Like, build that habit while you're motivated because it will go away and you'll be left with it as a habit.

[mettamage]

Build the habit to focus at will and discipline is less of an issue. I suppose focusing at will and doing what you think needs to be done is what discipline is.

On another note, one motivational trick I am applying nowadays with everything is to learn meta-skills like these in many different contexts (otherwise it won’t transfer).

Maybe it’s not another note. Maybe that’s the way how I stay motivated to focus at will for any given task.

It’s still early days. Also, I am doing this in conjunction with tackling my compulsion to go to YouTube.