It means the impetus that drives you to improve yourself or even maintain yourself comes from other people, rather than self-regulation.
In your case, social status, specifically social approval from women you find attractive.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Sounds like you just need to maintain contact with those types of people to stay motivated. Shouldn’t be too hard to arrange.
nowayy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
do you even know what that means?
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
It means the impetus that drives you to improve yourself or even maintain yourself comes from other people, rather than self-regulation.
In your case, social status, specifically social approval from women you find attractive.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Sounds like you just need to maintain contact with those types of people to stay motivated. Shouldn’t be too hard to arrange.