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Back to Episodes#90: When Your Dream Stops Being Fun and Feels Like Too Much Effort
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Have you been more focused on the effort of your dream lately than the fun of it? Are you constantly replaying that soundtrack of, "This is hard, like, so much harder than I thought," or, "This is taking so much longer than I thought it would"?
If you find yourself wondering how you ever thought your dream was going to be fun, you are in the right place today. Because today we're talking about how effort and fun, they actually go hand in hand when you're doing the reps to bring your dream to life.
We tend to assume that if something is worth doing, it should feel light — and the second it doesn't, we panic. But there's real research on this, and it says the opposite of what we assume. It's called the effort paradox, and it explains why the hardest part of your dream might be exactly what makes the reward feel real.
I'm also bringing in the IKEA effect — a study on why we love the things we build with our own hands, and the one condition that has to be true for that love to actually stick. Plus a simple seven-minute journaling exercise to help you find the fun again when it's gone quiet on you.
3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
1️⃣"This is hard, and this is fun." Two things, both true, at the same time.
2️⃣ The fun has to be findable. That's the test.
3️⃣ The more effort you put in, the more it's going to mean to you when it's done.
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