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Sometimes it helps to think of yourself as a friend you are helping out.
Right, but my problem is that I hate myself
Try doing it out of spite.
"That lump of shit in my cranium thinks I can't do this task, well, I'll show you, you glob of expired tapioca pudding!"
I have heard that self-talk actually helps you at doing tasks but I never managed to learn it so I can't speak from experience.
The Kimya Dawson song "The Competition" is a great anthem for this.
for me this is just eventually causing burnout and i end up in a dark place instead.
A cogent warning. This is a great way to pump yourself up, but you can't be always on. You have to give yourself time without motivation to recover. I've definitely overdone it and ended up in a days-long depressive funk.
This works for me when I work out