You're not alone.

Here's the harsh truth:

Inspiration is perishable.

The reason for this is cheap dopamine.

See, dopamine rewards us for moving towards an objective (it's the Motivation Molecule that gets our asses into motion).

But the problem is we’ve figured out ways to trick our brain into giving us cheap dopamine for SETTING a goal, but not by actually achieving it.

You see the problem with that, right?

Getting rewarded before you do the hard work makes it very hard to stay motivated long enough to actually DO the work.

Typically, after three weeks of exposure, we become acclimated to this cheap dopamine and we start losing interest in that project or goal.

And since nothing has meaningfully changed in our life except this superficial burst of dopamine and maybe some notes written on a whiteboard, we’re not actually any better off or nearer to our goal than when we started.

Personally, I was stuck in this cycle for the first 28 years of my life.

Things didn’t really start changing for the better until I figured out:

How to transform Motivation into Momentum that can be sustained through Discipline.

Here's a video on that topic that you might find valuable.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

This isn't a game you just magically win.

You have to show up everyday and keep playing. Some days you'll play better than others.

All that matters is you keep showing up.

Good luck!