Limbic friction can be you're tired and you don't want to do something . And so you have to quote unquote , motivate to do it , energize yourself to do it or limbic friction can be that you're nervous and scared and anxious to do something and you have to calm yourself in order to lean forward into action in order to do that thing . Despite the anxiety , I realize this can be a little bit confusing as a concept .
The reality is that the dopamine system works according to what feels hard or easy in the moment . In other words , if you're feeling a motivated , you need to do something and put yourself into a state that's harder than the state you're in . So for instance , if you're sitting around feeling a motivated or you find yourself tending to tasks that are irrelevant to the goal that you really should be focused on .
In other words , if you're feeling a motivated , you need to do something and put yourself into a state that's harder than the state you're in . So for instance , if you're sitting around feeling a motivated or you find yourself tending to tasks that are irrelevant to the goal that you really should be focused on . You need to put your body and mind into a state of discomfort quickly .
That happens a lot as well . However , if you were to take that state of being unmotivated or procrastinating and actually do something that's harder than being in that a motivated state . In other words , doing something that's more effortful , even painful , you can rebound yourself out of that dopamine trough much more quickly .
And indeed , that approach can work . And it's exactly what I'm describing here when I say that you're in a state of lack of motivation or procrastination or both . And you need to put yourself into a more painful , not less painful state .
