A self starter?

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How many have difficulties (or very little in the way of difficulties) in being self-starters?

If someone didn't poke me with a stick every now and again, I will simply "become one" with my surroundings.

So, ya. No self starter here.

That is complex. Yes, I can very much be a self-starter and dive right in. But I also need the right incentives. At work it can be easy, but for personal projects, I need a too identify a project and create enough critical mass to over come inertia.

Few difficulties getting started with things.

Executive functioning often factors into difficulties.

Without anyone involved -- mostly no problem.
With anyone involved -- yes for countless reasons.

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If I'm the only one who benefits...yeah, right, maybe this year...or the next.
If others benefit...I'm up before the sun and won't stop 'til it's done or dark.

I can be a really ambitious self starter and throw all of my energy into a single task, but I find if I let myself slack-off or fall out of routine I can get to comfortable with that and lose my motivation. To ensure I don't lose my motivation I have to remind myself of my distractions and to get back on track. I use a lot of notes and reminders lol I also tell myself that it is okay to have an off days or weeks since it's impossible to stay 100% productive all the time, otherwise I will just label myself as lazy and put stuff off again.