[agumonkey]

Alright, but it's a crucial thing to approach 'real' or 'boring' with a smart, lazy, peaceful and patient mindset.

The kid psychology is great, I abused it as an adult to keep doing things even though I failed. But it's only part of the solution, otherwise you diverge and never progress really. Kids do progress (beside a natural libido and brain state eager to learn) because they aim at things at their level (with other kids of their level), and have good tests to ensure quality (real life like balancing on a bike, or teachers). To me this is the process that breed internal change.

With time you learn to balance not caring too much with moments of diligent precision so you feel good without wasting time.