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You don’t. Just let it run its course.

The idea that there’s something wrong with you for not wanting to do anything is artificial. There’s nothing wrong with being a person. And people have flaws.

I spent a few years playing dota competitively. It eventually led to getting a job working on HoN, a dota clone. But at the time, the trajectory looked a lot like “do nothing but play games for a year.”

You can’t know where your path will take you. Relaxing is the first step toward happiness, which is the real goal.

Alternatively, adderall helps too.



Lol at the "just let go" vibe, then a stab of "adderall helps too" at the end.


A synthesis of this mindset plus trying (without unrealistic expectations) to develop good habits as other sibling posts point out is well worth a try. The key phrase I've heard is "committed yet detached". There are some good tools in the box, but no one-size-fits all solution to mental health.




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