“Most people can motivate themselves to do things simply by knowing that those things need to be done. But not me. For me, motivation is this horrible, scary game where I try to make myself do something while I actively avoid doing it. If I win, I have to do something I don't want to do. And if I lose, I'm one step closer to ruining my entire life. And I never know whether I'm going to win or lose until the last second.”
― Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
― Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
“If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“We react to fear when we are uncertain of the outcome, we respond to fear when we don't care about the outcome.”
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“In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.”
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