I recommend watching Ira Glass's video on the gap between your taste and your abilities. He addresses your problem specifically because it's very common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
You need to refocus your goals away from achievement and towards output. Learn to become motivated by effort rather than mastery because it will be a long time before you are top 10 at anything. Nobody stays motivated for that long without enjoying the work.
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I recommend watching Ira Glass's video on the gap between your taste and your abilities. He addresses your problem specifically because it's very common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
You need to refocus your goals away from achievement and towards output. Learn to become motivated by effort rather than mastery because it will be a long time before you are top 10 at anything. Nobody stays motivated for that long without enjoying the work.