When I first started programming, I fell in love. Over a period of roughly 3 months, I maintained what can only be described as a productive mania. I had a very positive mood, elevated energy levels, intrinsic motivation, and an overwhelming, driving, sense of happiness.
I would spend hours, and hours, pouring over documentation, absorbing everything I could. I applied what I learned in projects that were relevant to me. Every day I was EXCITED to wake up, and learn more.
That was 5 years ago, and I still look back on that time and wonder HOW? HOW did my own body, naturally, without drugs, go into a state of HYPER productivity and HYPER positive mood? Is it not possible to induce that state again somehow? If I was capable of it once, why can't I control it?
I would spend hours, and hours, pouring over documentation, absorbing everything I could. I applied what I learned in projects that were relevant to me. Every day I was EXCITED to wake up, and learn more.
That was 5 years ago, and I still look back on that time and wonder HOW? HOW did my own body, naturally, without drugs, go into a state of HYPER productivity and HYPER positive mood? Is it not possible to induce that state again somehow? If I was capable of it once, why can't I control it?