tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38399584.post2757394719007481753..comments2023-03-22T08:44:15.103-07:00Comments on Allow me to speak my mind.: What Motivates?Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004968471543811517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38399584.post-68286198026044195972008-05-27T00:59:00.000-07:002008-05-27T00:59:00.000-07:00what motivates me, is solving that darn problem of...what motivates me, is solving that darn problem of working the TV remote control with my left big toe, stretched just to its reaching limit -when the remote is five feet out into the living floor rug, yet still allowing me to remain comfortably on the couch. <BR/><BR/>Of course, the problem is almost always indirectly solved, because as I struggle to change the channel away from one mindless cable euphoria to another -the program always ends and so I no longer need to change the channel!<BR/><BR/>I have a good ten minutes of new programming to now be mindless in before I need to worry about changing any channel. It would, after all be too much work to just go pick up the remote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38399584.post-18535553704853928252008-05-23T21:06:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:06:00.000-07:00Well, clearly, as explained in Office Space, "fear...Well, clearly, as explained in Office Space, "fear will only motivate you to do just enough so you don't get fired," and I think that about sums it up.<BR/><BR/>For me, it comes down to "I absolutely have to get this done in the next 5 minutes" and somehow believing it is actually true. Sometimes it is. Vanpool is very motivating. The bus is slightly less so. Completing it in time to go do something I want to do, for some reason, NOT very motivating. <BR/><BR/>Also motivating for me is permission to screw up, to not do a good job. "I will just write this out and even if it's terrible that's ok. I just have to put SOMETHING down." Oh yeah! It doesn't have to be perfect the first time. Sometimes, it's motivating to just do something terribly. Just for the sake of progress.<BR/><BR/>But I'm lazy, and I guess that's what motivates lazy people. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com