Process as a Proxy for Motivation

This is a really well-written short article, and I agree with it completely. I just wanted to add as well that, as someone who has read quite a lot of books on self-help and productivity, there is one that makes a lot of similar points: "Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be" https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22544758-triggers I recommend it to anyone who agrees with this article and feels like a book-length treatment of similar ideas would be helpful to them.

> I was burdened with the mental labour of making this decision But why, I always enjoyed having a choice. I also drove for a long time with several roads to choose, and I liked that each time I could like "naah, the sunset must be better on that road tonight, let's check it out" or "hopefully there's some fog going down the slopes today on another road". It's not labour, it was fun to play, kept out of boredom. Sometimes I even took roads that took longer just to have something new. I believe you dread choices only when you try to min-max your life, overoptimizing every single choice. Just relax and let the life go its way.

I think the strongest version of this idea is that process is basically a way of spending willpower once instead of repeatedly

This is a good one. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if the made decision is suboptimal. It’s better than no decision. Opinionated linters is an example. Sometimes you just gotta turn your brain off and move forward.

I think I would avocate actually against processes. Processes are nice, handy, and sage, but that assumes you have unlimited time. A baby crying and death approaching really make you rethinking useless 1-1s and meetings.