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Mufungo said:
"shoulds"...  one of the least motivating modal operators. Change it to a "could", "would", "will", "have to", "want to", etc or whatever feels more motivating. It might be an idea to banish the word "should" from your mental lexicon never to be uttered again.

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Mufungo said:
Lots of clichés are coming to mind...  "A journey of a thousand miles starts with..."  "How does one eat an elephant? ..."

With writing and art, is this stuff that you just do because you like doing it? Or is it stuff that you want to like to do but that you haven't yet started? If it's the latter, then I'd be making a list of all the things which are equal to or better than writing books and art, just to be more open to the potential options available...

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What would you want to determine your true intentions for? What if you have heaps of intentions and what if they keep changing??!!

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Mufungo said:
...one thing I've noticed in this discussion tonight is that you seem to grab hold of abstract nouns, like "truth" or "intention", and then talk about them as if they're concrete nouns. This is a logical phallussy, or in other words, cognitive masturbation, reification. Convert the abstract noun to a verb or an adjective, then insert a concrete noun, a few more verbs/adjectives, and other contextual criteria to make it make sense..  For example, "what is my true intention?" might become "what do I intend to do right now?" or "what do I intend to do at work tomorrow?" or "how do I intend to enjoy cleaning my room?" or "how do I intend to write my first novel?", etc, etc. Sometimes you might feel ambivalent and intend to do/think things which seem like they're headed in oposite directions. Heck, what you intend might change from moment to moment based on the new information at hand... i.e. The new now.  But ask yourself the right question (one that's well formed with all necessary details), then you'll start getting better answers... 

That said, the way we think is like a habit and takes a bit of practice to change, so you might have to spend a period of time catching yourself when you use abstract nouns in unusual ways or when you use words like "should". But you seem to be psychologically minded and slightly obsessive, so it might not be all that difficult for you.

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