For anticipation you need space

The life energy for work is dopamine.

It is released when we expect something good from a future activity. Or to put it in simple terms, we anticipate it.

But at some point, it can happen that tasks, even in our area of interest, get bigger and bigger and bigger. And taking time off, when there is so much to do, is somehow not even accepted.

And then we may begin to observe that instead of feeling tired more and more and say to ourselves "I have to, Vasya, I have to"!

And tasks begin to be performed less and less well, we increasingly sabotage them, overburden ourselves.

We would like to go back to the good old days, when we woke up with thoughts of "I wonder how to do it", "it would be so cool", "we must try it right away", and woke up with anticipation.

And coming back doesn't happen by itself. There are too many important tasks that you don't want to give up, and that is how the great cycle of burnout begins. Ending with illness.

Here it's important to remember the main principle:

For Anticipation you need SPACE!

Anticipation appears, not is imposed. You can't squeeze it out of yourself. You can't motivate it. You do not wind it up. All ways to squeeze is cortisol motivation; it is sometimes useful for the short term, in case of danger, but extremely harmful for the long term.

Give yourself SPACE. Mentally, physically, emotionally. Catch that moment when you begin to clamp down on yourself and relax, put off temporarily even important tasks.

Don't let yourself start to burn out, it can take years to get out, and some areas after you burn out, you may never be able to go back to again.

Something is going wrong, you need to blow off steam, and rest. And rest some more. The criterion for getting out of rest will be the appearance of PREVENTION. One morning you'll notice an old friend - the soap of "I wonder if this is what you'll get?", "I guess that would be cool!".

When you have room for anticipation, work becomes a source of joy and inspiration rather than a burden.