Fuck motivation

There is an old proverb: ‘Nothing lasts’. This is true of many things in life but couldn’t be more true of feelings. Feelings like ‘motivation’ will come and go. So in order to keep working towards a goal, we can’t allow ourselves to be distracted by examining or allowing our work to be governed by changeable feelings like motivation. Just make a start. Were you ‘motivated’ to brush your teeth this morning? You probably don’t even know. We just switch to autopilot and do what needs to be done. This mentality is useful for training and cannot be underestimated. We cannot rely on motivation to get anything done in life. Amateurs wait for motivation, pros just get to work.