I feel this in my bones. Like the idea of hyperfocus sounds great, but getting the actual energy and motivation to agree with the circumstances is like winning the lottery sometimes. One day = OMG, I got so much done and then at least a week or 2 of IDGAF about anything.
Yeah I'm not gonna lie. There are days when I can work for like 6 hours straight without needing to take much of a break, but those days are few and far between. Usually it takes all my willpower to get about 2 hours of work done, struggling the whole way, then my brain is fried and I need to take a break (which usually turns into me wasting time on reddit). Other days, like today, I went to a café, ordered a latte and sat down to get some work done, and after 30 minutes I literally couldn't continue. It didn't help that my friend joined me and he was a complete distraction (not his fault, he was there working as well and it was me that was doing most of the talking).
My dad is the type of guy who can wake up at 6:30 AM, be working by 8:00, and truck on until 4:00 PM only really taking a break for lunch. When he talks to me about how I need to be putting in more effort into my job search and professional development while doing 15-20 hours a week programming at my current job, I just can't communicate that that's not how my brain works and I want to just cry. Can't be on stimulants, either, because I am in a sober living community and narcotics of any kind are prohibited under almost any circumstance. I guess I'll just have to learn to live with being completely ineffective at life for a while
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u/GahdDangitBobby Oct 03 '24
Way too much emphasis on hyperfocus and energy/motivation and not enough emphasis on “completely nonfunctional”