# Working isn't working

By [curion](https://paragraph.com/@curion) · 2022-06-26

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Kind of a vent, kind of affirmation if you feel similarly.

Today I don’t want to work at all on any contracts, webapps, research work, nothing. No dopamine feedback from anything at all - completely flatlined. Music isn’t enjoyable to listen to, nothing seems like an engaging or fun idea.

I know, rationally, my goals still lie within the realms of making valuable contributions to the web3 and medical research spaces.

What does one do then?

For me, it’s a combination of:

1.  Encouragement activities such as drinking tons of coffee and listening to upbeat music
    
2.  The belief that these are the times where any previous work to build discipline will carry me
    
3.  The intense awareness of how short life is and the pressure to make the absolute most of it
    
4.  On the good days, I know this subject matter is what gets me out of bed. The interest has always returned in the past, and likely will again.
    
5.  Feeling ‘happy’ not always being the primary goal, instead noting and enjoying other feelings like fulfillment and contentment or even just noting discomfort and sitting in it.
    

I felt compelled to write a bit on this, as I’m sure it’s something all or at least many of us face. Our mental states can be cyclic just like the BTC price.

This too shall pass, as they say.

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*Originally published on [curion](https://paragraph.com/@curion/working-isn-t-working)*