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Once I achieve I lose motivation
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this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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There have been studies on motivation that have similarities to your descriptions. Basically, like you said, if we get a partial reward for a goal, we're less likely to accomplish that goal.
The one I remember had 'telling someone else your goal' as the 'partial reward'. At the end of a day, people who told someone their goal felt closer to accomplishing it, but less motivated to actually work on it. People who didn't tell anyone worked on their goal longer, but also felt like 'they still had a long way to go'.
I think the other part of it was what you said about not wanting to actually do X but prove to yourself that you COULD do X. Once I prove that I COULD.. I'm done. The goal might not be what other people would consider 'done', but my ADHD brain doesn't care. It got dopamine, and now we're moving on to the next topic.