low motivation
Lacking inner push
Low motivation is a state of diminished drive or enthusiasm for action.
Someone with low motivation struggles to start or sustain effort toward goals, even ones they recognize as worthwhile: I've had low motivation all week and can barely get off the couch.
The phrase appears frequently in discussions of mental health, workplace productivity, and education.
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- can't be botheredUnwilling to make effort
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
- why botherRhetorical dismissal of effort
sluggish · procrastination · listless · indifferent · burnt out · exhausted · running on empty · uninspired · stuck · couch · couch potato · scrolling · stagnant · defeated · bored · drained · hopeless · paralyzed
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- Training Barriersskill gaps, learning curves
- fatigue symptomsexhaustion, tiredness, drowsiness, sleepiness, yawning
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- mental fogbrain fog, cognitive fog, fogginess, haziness, cloudiness
low motivationdriven
Intensely determined to achieve
ambition · determination · drive · self-motivation · hunger
low motivationenthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
passion · zeal · eagerness · fervor · excitement
low motivationhigh energy
Very lively, intensely active
dynamism · proactivity · industriousness · vigor · hustle
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