If I were to take your advice and said "why bother" any time I struggle to stay focused and stick to it, I would have never pushed my own comfort levels and pushed for better careers, or maintained any sort of job, or finished any school, or learned any new hobby, or wrote any blog post, or travelled, or met great people, or have done anything outside of wake up, have coffee, play a video game and go to sleep.
I would venture to say this is quite in line with the toxic mentality of the need to be obsessed with what you do. I struggle to focus in various areas of my life. I'm not self-diagnosing any particular reason why, and have not gone to a doctor to understand why yet, but even things I truly enjoy and love doing come with their distractions. Motivation and interest are fleeting for many. Most aren't at a place to live off doing what they want to do. Software development, for some, is just another tool to get a job done, and is a solid skill to keep in your belt. I'm happy for you never having had to face the struggle of staying focused or staying on track, but as in the developer world of "It works on my machine so IDK why prod is broken. Must be your machine" mental fallacy, "I enjoy it and have no trouble focusing, so it should be the same for you" doesn't fly. Congratulations on being an outlier that I truly wish I could be a part of.
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If I were to take your advice and said "why bother" any time I struggle to stay focused and stick to it, I would have never pushed my own comfort levels and pushed for better careers, or maintained any sort of job, or finished any school, or learned any new hobby, or wrote any blog post, or travelled, or met great people, or have done anything outside of wake up, have coffee, play a video game and go to sleep.
I would venture to say this is quite in line with the toxic mentality of the need to be obsessed with what you do. I struggle to focus in various areas of my life. I'm not self-diagnosing any particular reason why, and have not gone to a doctor to understand why yet, but even things I truly enjoy and love doing come with their distractions. Motivation and interest are fleeting for many. Most aren't at a place to live off doing what they want to do. Software development, for some, is just another tool to get a job done, and is a solid skill to keep in your belt. I'm happy for you never having had to face the struggle of staying focused or staying on track, but as in the developer world of "It works on my machine so IDK why prod is broken. Must be your machine" mental fallacy, "I enjoy it and have no trouble focusing, so it should be the same for you" doesn't fly. Congratulations on being an outlier that I truly wish I could be a part of.