[dave200]

Over the past year or so I feel like I've lost the will to succeed in any self improvement program whether it's weight loss, going back to school, getting a promotion at a job, etc.

The thing is the rewards of success really have to be worth the effort. There's no sense wasting time & money at school if the reward is not appealing.

The only rewarding thing about getting more degrees is getting a better job with greater responsibilities than what I have now. I don't want the job nor do I want the promotion.

If you are someone who does not want more responsibility in this life than what is necessary then you will lose the will to succeed at anything like I have.

Furthermore failure is good for me because it keeps me humble. I can't speak for everyone but I can only speak for myself when I say that too much self improvement & success leads to arrogance & condescending attitudes towards those who didn't accomplish as much as I did.

There's nothing rewarding about success if it leads to me being arrogant & thinking that I'm better than those who didn't accomplish the same things. Therefore self improvement is not for me.

The world is obsessed with self improvement and tries to push their self improvement ideas on me. It's not for everybody. So to avoid the temptation of boasting about my accomplishments I just don't even try to succeed at anything I do anymore.

For those who believe in being proud of their accomplishments I don't think you can relate to what I'm saying. If I accomplish something I don't want to be proud of it so I have to eliminate the temptation to be proud by not accomplishing anything in life.