How Do you guys keep working hard?

Bit of background: 23, graduated from tier 1.5 CS degree. I’ve never worked hard in my life, can’t recall a day from past 6-7 years where I’d spent over 6hrs in a day doing something productive. I’ve been blessed with good problem solving and street smartness, cracked really good tier 1 companies without even prepping, got really interesting international achievements, got good communication skills. Most of exams etc I gave in my life, I scored high without prep. This is a lot of brag, yes, but now working at a corporate things are going downhill for me. I’ve realised that hardwork beats talent every time, people around me are getting ahead by working and doing productive things, whereas I’m spending most of time scrolling reels and watching yt vids. My manager and other seniors have mentioned multiple times that I’m not performing well and need to work much harder. I have set up really high standards for myself but I’m doing nothing to achieve them, I try to setup new goals and doing things but I know, that has never worked for me in my life. I envy people who are able to work multiple hours in a sitting and do those things again, everyday. I’ve seen my dad working really hard as well, waking up at 4:30 for business, then working late till 12 for all my childhood. I really feel I’m going to be the failure, everyone has setup high standards for me, but I just can’t commit to anything. I’m really in the lowest point of my life, need a bit of advice, thanks!!

I know each one of you here work really hard in life but adulting comes up with a package of responsibilities. Just wanted to ask the question that’s rare to hear these days! How are you? (Ps: Pour out your heart)

When i was in college i wanted to build my own company/product. Thought of many ideas and tried to build something. None of them worked and it affected my studies so I had to quit just to clear my exams. After college I took placements in a WITCH like company where I got put into data entry/operations job after clearing difficult coding interviews (kismat kharab?). Somehow learnt new technologies on the side and managed to switch to a development role at a lower salary in a startup. After 3 years Worked hard on DSA and (barely) managed to get a good offer with above average pay. But the company is not stable anymore and may layoff at any time. Right now struggling to learn enough DSA to crack any company. Now I am almost 30, i have no hobbies,no talents, no relationships just trying to have a stable career. I see people everywhere doing so many things at once. How do they manage to do this. They are working at FAANG and managing businesses at the same time, have a bunch of friends. What am I doing wrong?

Always feel tired demotivated and distracted Plan learning on weekends but go on watching netflix Want to give cat but again my helpless soul not staying consistent Any help suggestions

My story is long, Jo hua so hua. A month ago I used to do good exercise daily eating properly or aaj haal ye he ki jo bhi mile khaane khaa leta hu, poora din bed pe mareez ki trhe pade raho poora din tired rheta hu har roz or neend ki maa bhen ho rakhi he sirf dreams hi dreams chalte he. Kuch bhi krne ka man nhi 0 motivation. Salary theek he kaam bhi ho hi jaata he jese tese mere se koi baat krta he to zuban ladkalati he esa nhi he me chutiya hu jee main de kr ek nit ki cse branch se b.tech kri he non reserved category se. Bc samjh nhi aa rha isse kese bhar niklu 2 saal hone jaa rhe he try and fail lga hua he Mera ... Ab try krne ka bhi nhi krta. Kabhi nhi socha tha esa haal ho jayega. Motivation k naam pe mujhe mera bada bhai sb kuch lgta he, na me rota hu na hassta hu na logo se friendly trhe se baat kr pata hu, Mera humour bhi accha tha bina kisi ka dil dukhaye bhot logo ko hassaya he mene to ab sb se ese baat krunga to majak smjhenge ek do se try kiya tha bolne ka bc ignore kr diya, 24 ka hu ese haar maan k betha hu na jaane kyo.

Hello awesome Devs!! How do you keep up the motivation to grind leetcode after a regular job? For example, I am a software developer with 1 YOE and I find it boring to continue with those algorithm problems after a certain threshold. But anyway, I feel the hiring process is still the same for most and there would at least 2 DSA rounds for most of the product based companies. How do you keep up the motivation for this?

Some days going to office just feels like I am just existing to show up. Anybody feeling the same way?

I'm 22 and want to start life on my own terms by leaving family business and want to do something on my own. I don't know how can I begin a new journey for my life. Any suggestions??

This question is to people who are in their late 20s or older. Life shows its ups and downs to pretty much everyone. And when you are younger, living with adverse situations that impact your mental peace and health, paving your way becomes difficult. All this can lead to uncertainty about future, can make you doubt yourself and your decisions, or can make you think whether you would be able to make something of yourself or not. If you ever felt like this, how did you handle it? What would you tell your younger self about how to navigate through these situations and feelings?