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Best advice I heard was from Jonathan Blow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7kh8pNRWOo

And Dr. Huberman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jlHaxZnig

Everything else didn't have enough data for me to latch onto.

Life is difficult, and some tasks are not meant to be fun. You can't fix that. You can however reframe your minds' perspective on the manner. Instead of thinking "Man there are so many dishes to do, I'd rather be playing Helldivers 2 now" you can think "I can do 5 dishes... That was easy, I can do 5 more dishes... Look how many dishes i did! I can do 5 more". Even if it's clearly a lie to yourself that you enjoy it, you'll find that your brain will start to believe it.

Over time, your brain will take on the new perspective. This is why "faking it until you make it" works.

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