/lit/ - Literature

>>13861964

>>13147868

>>11240001

>>10141478
Then write like that

Do: do.
Don't: don't.

>>8485914
just do it

HEY YOU DUMB FUCKING PSUEDO-INTELLECTUAL FAGGOT INSTEAD OF LURKING ON /LIT/ ACTUALLY READ THE BOOKS YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING TO READ.

The answer to "how do I motivate myself to x" is almost universally the same. Pic related.

That aside, however, you should bear in mind some physiological quirks of motivation though. Your brain's a muscle, using takes energy (a lot of it, as it happens). Your brain can just as well get tired out from thinking hard as your arms can from lifting weights. The best time to keep your motivation going if generally soon after waking up from a good night's sleep and having a good breakfast. In the same way, 'exercise' is helpful. Push your page limit bit by bit. Can you only manage 40 before getting burned out? Push for 45 until it's your new normal.

Also. Every decision you make throughout the day, big or small, depletes your willpower a little bit. Some can be replenished by eating (stuff with plenty of glucose, preferably slow burning), but you'll almost always have less motivation at the end of the day than at the start. So if you're usually reading before bed, that might explain part of your problem.

tl;dr sleep well, eat well, the earlier in the day you do a thing the better, gradually build habits.

What is the most motivational and or life changing book you've ever read?

I tried reading Nietzsche's The Will To Power, but it was so incredibly fucking dense for an amateur reader like me, so I gave up on it, any other recommendations?

Honestly dude do what you love. If writing makes you happy then you'll get better at it and do it as a "job" or do it on the side with something else. Life is about takin risks, boiiii!