The title is really vague, so I’ll try to clarify my intentions here:

I am an ardent supporter of FOSS. It will be greatly beneficial for my life and especially my privacy to self-host such software. Yet, I cannot find much motivation to do so.

However, when it comes to hosting software for public use, I can usually give my utmost concentration and dedication.

This is not how I want my life to be. I want to be motivated for myself as well as for the community. And if that’s not possible, I need to trick my brain into bringing me into that kind of zone for myself.

What do I do? What would you do in this situation?

  • FindmysecOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Somebody mentioned keeping a guide/blog online about the things I do, which is perhaps a round-about way of tricking my brain.

    TBH there’s plenty of Jellyfin guides out there haha you don’t need (and likely shouldn’t) follow a specific one.

    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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      1 month ago

      Well, see now thats the thing…there are plenty of cookbooks out there, but I have my own preference as to which I own.

      I most definitely need to write things down to keep shit organized- in my corporate life I wrote many “books” for each account i opened and updated my own account “book” every year.

      On a daily basis I used a lined paper grid: Top left; shit needed to be done today, Top right, new shit; bottom left, shit to be done but not urgent/this week; and bottom right long term goals/projects This had to be on a clipboard and not a closed binder because: out of sight, out of mind.

      • FindmysecOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Your saying I’m lacking motivation because I’m not organized enough?

        • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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          1 month ago

          Just throwing out what helps me with motivation…if it helps it helps, if not then we spent a good time in a discussion and thought process…should be over coffee but there you go.