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The author also kind of channels my existential dread though it's worse in a way: every day I think "well I'll be a different person tomorrow so why should I do anything for that person?"

Then when I wake up the next day I am like "who messed up all of my stuff yesterday? Glad that wasn't me."

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It’s sort of like prisoners dilemma with yourself except current you never has immediate reason to cooperate with future you

Only decent fixes I’ve found so far that worked: -working alongside other people (much easier to maintain consistent routines that way) -enjoying what I’m doing

The latter was main thing I did; I found things I enjoyed learning and that gave me things to do that were fulfilling to work on long term such that I could trust future me to continue

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