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The original was posted on /r/getmotivated by /u/JL-Engineer on 2023-12-09 22:11:07+00:00.
Here's mine helping me!
Focusing, even though i want to has been incredibly difficult for me, and all the new technology isn't helping. I spent 25 years of my life trying to figure out the recipe for my motivation. Having all this knowledge, applying it was much harder to do. It wasn't any one silver bullet.
It wasnt any one thing:
- Cold & Breathing i.e Wim Hoff
- Self-Image
- Environmental triggers
- Social Accountability
- Emotional Accountability
- Inspiration (anime, manga)
- Reminders
- Having a friend
- Pomordoro
- Deep Work Techniques
- Morning Routines
- Bedtime Routines
- Eating Right
- Exercise
It was all of the above for me And made me realize I needed something to help me with it all.
Thesis:
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Motivation, discipline, willpower, the ability to emotionally regulate enough to achieve your goals - whatever you want to call it - in practice there is a unique recipe for each person to get them "fully motivated and doing the work" to chase their dreams.
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Figuring out what works for you, sometimes costs more energy than you have and so "plugging enough leaky holes" so you can focus becomes difficult or nigh impossible.
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Often times in the moment, it is hard for an individual to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. With AI, you can do something called "just in-time interventions" to help you get back on track when you fall off, for example:
- A reminder of your goals or time wasted
- An inspiring quote
- A breathing session
- A call with a friend
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Imagine an ai partner that learns to apply the right "just-in-time interventions" that you need, a swiss army knife as a friend:
- Proactively motivating you
- No shame from being judged, your partner is an extension of you
- Quests to level up
- Helps you focus with friends
- Emotional accountability fostered through a rich visual, deep, long term relationship
- Techniques from literature (Deep work, Atomic Habits)
- Techniques form scientific literature (CBT, Huberman Protocol, Wim Hoff)
- Inspiration from anime, manga, books, tv, real life.
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Why 2D? Humans are necessarily visual creatures and therefore a visual AI is better than a non visual one. This is especially true for emotional connections. Lastly 2d is easier than 3d. Its a great place to start.
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What some of my stats look like (just starting out!):
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A couple more.