Motivation

[Yamaneko]

Meh.

[Kirobaito]

My period of no motivation started May 26th, 1988, and has lasted up until April 26th, 2004. It's not done yet.

[escobert]

I'm always motivated to do nothing

[Mr. Graves]

I went through a period about two weeks ago for two weeks striaight where I wasn't motivated, and I'd stayed in that funk if I didn't think of something to motivate me.

I'm out of it now, and I have several goals to shoot for, so I'm good.

[Erdrick Holmes]

OOC:

Joel, you have this thing about Canada. You seem to think that it's the answer to all of your problems, but we have just as many problems here as you do in the US, more or less, except we have less guns. Jobs here are just as scarse/scarce (sp?) as the are in the US. I was just about to get my posting for a <i>temporary part-time</i> position, not even <i>regular,</i> and now we're on strike. That would be my luck. Canada isn't all that you seem to think that it is.

OOC:

See I have a ton of reasons for moving to Canada. I've made alot of mistakes in the US, and I wanna start over in Canada. I could be a truck driver, or a network admin at some tech place (After I get my Net plus cert) as well as free/cheap healthcare. Only a few people within the boundarides of that country know me, so I get to be left alone and live in peace so I can fulfill my dream of being a writer without much botherance. (is that even a word) Gun violence is quite possibly the lowest I'd ever heard of (About 35 gun related deaths per year) while in the US gun related murders are in the triple digits every day. Besides the cold weather will do me some good.

[Jebus]

Don't think I've ever been motivated let alone periods of non-motivation. Well, for money I guess, but otherwise I'm pretty much unmotivated.

[Dragonflame]

I've never been motivated. I have to live my life hooked up to an iron lung because I don't have the motivation it takes to breathe on my own.

[Storm]

I was motivated to try hard in high school because I wanted to keep as many doors open as possible upon entering university. Unfortunately, I decided to complete a mechanical engineering degree. Once I realized what mechanical engineering was (rarely you actually know before you do it), I realized there was no way I could actually do this job.

The main motivational problem with people is that there are so few attractive careers out there. Some can get you a lot of money, ie. engineering, but then you'll probably end up designing pipelines at a desk for a living. I would be counting down the years to retirement every second at work.

I think people soon realize that material possessions aren't going to bring you happiness, and thus have no motivation to do work more than they have to.

[Dr Unne]

It's possible to get a job you enjoy for reasons other than money. You can be a doctor because you like to help people. You can dig ditches for a living because you like how it keeps you in shape physically. Getting you money is the one thing all jobs have in common, so it's hard for money to be the key motivation for choosing one job over another, so far as I know. Maybe other people value money more than I do though. I'd rather do a fun job for little money than a terrible job for tons of money.

[black orb]

>>> My motivation is finish college as soon as possible cause Im sick of it..

[Storm]

It's possible to get a job you enjoy for reasons other than money. You can be a doctor because you like to help people. You can dig ditches for a living because you like how it keeps you in shape physically. Getting you money is the one thing all jobs have in common, so it's hard for money to be the key motivation for choosing one job over another, so far as I know. Maybe other people value money more than I do though. I'd rather do a fun job for little money than a terrible job for tons of money.

Indeed. The career I have chosen now involves making much less money, but I think I will enjoy it a lot more than being an engineer. Getting two months off every summer is never a bad thing.