Bros, what motivates you to code instead of playing vidya all day?
>be me
>be NEET
>wake up at 10
>want to learn coding
>start my pc
>play vidya all day
>cry to sleep
>repeat
What do? How to make it?
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Bros, what motivates you to code instead of playing vidya all day? >be me. >be NEET. >wake up at 10
I code 9-5 then play vidya. I know when 5pm rolls around, I’m gonna play Minecraft. Great feeling.
What prevents you from starting to play at 9 and feel good until it’s too late?
My prefrontal cortex
>playing games while working at your job
do you really?
You have to be over 18 to post here
I just enjoy coding and building shit in general.
Maybe you just didn't pull the right cards from the tism deck.
If you are unmotivated to do anything productive whatsoever, your probably have some mental issues you need a therapist for.
Humans like being productive.
>your probably have some mental issues you need a therapist for.
lol
lmao, even
>Humans like being productive.
I deal with NEET-like tendencies between semesters and agree with you. However, I don't think I dislike "being productive," instead it's just being susceptible to escapism, and video games allow that while making you feel productive. I don't think NEETs stare at walls all day. So yes therapy might be the solution.
apply the mindset of problem solving video games simulate to your real life, including your own capacity to resort to escapism. find the particular goals and the perspective on them that you can adopt that gets you moving forward.
design the game you want to play in a way that benefits your life
therapists are priests for atheists
Extremely baste, even though the enviroment you are is important
Clean your room, keep everything tiddy
You still dont want ti be productive?
Meddy meds
I used to play video games, now I feel like it's a waste. I guess it's the feeling that I should do something useful. And I have less need of escapism these days. Even if the outside world seems to be getting worse, I withdraw -- my inner garden is in bloom. It helps to build a habit. Set times and places for these things. And really there's no secret to it besides just doing it.
If I play vidya all day for a week straight I just feel like a useless pos
pretty much this
i still do it occasionally, but at this point i cant help but feel shitty for wasting an entire week on useless bullshit
Your brain is dopamine addicted. Just nuke it. Format your pc. Don't install any vidya. Don't watch BS on youtube either. Enjoy a productive life for a couple weeks until your brain settles down and then you can install some vidya again to play at night
In 1 year we're gonna start trying to have kids. If I don't finish my game before they're born, I probably never will get the chance.
hope you make it bro
i have the same problem OP. i think the ability to focus and delay gratification are on a spectrum and we're toward the ADD side even if we don't have ADD (although i think i actually do have it because i have family members that were diagnosed). i actually don't enjoy doing anything at all except wasting away in my room so i think i have depression too.
anyway, you need to force yourself to focus until you can land a job with it and then earning money will force you to care. that's my plan.
I’m OP and you’re literally me. I’d do anything but the thing I need to do. I take out the trash, I make the bed, I go shopping, I attack pipo on twitter, I’m a master of wasting time.
This just means that the thing you're avoiding brings up too many bad feelings. Next time try to just feel the feelings you have about doing the work without trying to control or alleviate them (such as by procrastinating). They should alleviate little by little over time
Er, I mean they should self-alleviate eventually with sustained attention. you might even have some cognitions about where those feelings originated
job will solve your problem until 5pm, but then youre gonna go home and continue to waste away in your room
the change needs to happen within you, you cant only rely on outside stimulus to get you sorted
the problem is that those feelings are genetic and won't be changed by anything but external stimulus
Because games stopped holding my attention as a teenager. I wanted to CREATE instead of just passively consuming somebody else's proprietary schlock. Also programming opens up a wider world, than just bing bing wahoo nonsense. You can make apps that do all kinds of things and reach different kinds of people.
Also games were a lot more social when I was a kid. Now with everything online it's creating zombies and speedrun trannies. That shit is the antithesis of a well rounded psyche.
I stopped playing when I became apathetic to competition
Go play TIS-100
>what motivates you to code instead of playing vidya all day
i watch anime all day instead
doesn't help with depression (diagnosed) but oh well
motivation doesn't exist. just write a schedule and do it every day. eventually it will become habit.
a salary
it lets me buy more games
True understanding that you fundamentally fricked up the wiring in your brain and then using CBT to fix yourself
Most games suck so even if you want to play all day u cant. Online games suck
You don't learn programming you write code. Problem solved.
Install linux so you will stop having a man-child hobby