Comments | deeplyunhip: Polling Week Three, this time with a (sort of) Theme!

deeplyunhip

Polling Week Three, this time with a (sort of) Theme!

Jul 11, 2015 00:05

This time I wanted to stick with one theme, though I guess it's technically a couple of themes.

( Ten Questions About Motivation and Related Things Below the Cut )

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hamsterwoman July 11 2015, 07:45:42 UTC

This is a neat theme! (and it keeps making me think of the SoulCollage cards I was dabbling in, curiously enough ( ... )

wintergreen126 July 11 2015, 14:15:54 UTC

This actually quite apropos. I'm in the middle of sending out job applications and need all the motivation I can get!

While I enjoy songs, books, movies, whatever with a motivational theme, I've realized that they don't actually ever inspire me in some tangible way. It might put me in a good mood, but that's not sufficient. What works for me is a schedule. If I add it to my daily list of activities, it's more likely to get done. It becomes part of my routine, and if nothing else, I'm a creature of habits.

And once something is routine, I add music. Something with a good beat that keeps me on pace.

But there are somethings that even a schedule can't induce me into doing, like dry cleaning. Ugh. I hate taking care of it, and I don't know why I have as many clothes as I do that are dry clean only. I don't mind doing laundry. I mind having to take care of dry cleaning.

I hope you have a great weekend!

your_downfall July 11 2015, 17:12:01 UTC

My intrinsic motivation is inextricably linked to what my mental health is like at the point in time. When I'm doing well (stable, no major highs/lows, feeling okay about myself, anxiety controlled, depression symptoms limited), my intrinsic motivation is through the roof and I am super-productive. When I'm not feeling well, I may *want* to do things, but can never seem to actually get them accomplished, and the resulting depression/anxiety from feeling so unproductive slowly eats away at any motivation I have ( ... )

ender839 July 11 2015, 22:56:21 UTC

I have learned over the years that I am almost entirely extrinsically motivated. It kind of sucks because most workplace motivation ideologies these days are all "Woo ~~intrinsic motivation~~ if you don't have it you are clearly not a team player"... but, well, yeah. I just don't have that internal drive for most things. Examples include, but are definitely not limited to video games (I play games three times - one for the story, one for the basic achievements, and one for the rest of them) and work of both professional and house sorts (the only way I get through my work is by saying "If you do this now, you can have/do XX later").

Really, the only area in which I have any intrinsic motivation at all is reading. I gotta work up to do most everything else.