originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:14 PM

Yeah I've finished two whole degrees at the very last minute basically 😛 

 

 

@tomo_13 ah cool, so it was a good project but the cause was also motivating by the sounds of things 

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:15 PM

yea exactly right! @Ben-RO

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:11 PM

that sounds awesome @tomo_13 🙂

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:02 PM

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:01 PM

Hey guys! 😄 First time I've hopped on a GR in a little while 😛

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:06 PM

When is a time that you've been really motivated to work towards something?

 

Hmmm... I find that I can get motivated to start lots of things - sticking with them long-term is the issue for me 😛 I've used motivation to work towards a uni degree, buy my first car and get help for my mental health issues 🙂

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:03 PM

Hey everybody! Super great to see you all online! grats on 7,000 posts @lokifish! I will catch you one day! ...maybe

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:04 PM

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:15 PM

When is a time that you've been really motivated to work towards something?

 

I just get short bursts of motivation that pop up from nowhere.  Generally during SACs (assessments) that I have to do in class because if I fail I'll get close to having to redo the year level.

 

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:18 PM

Here is a nerdy curve that kinda explains how stress helps, or doesn't help your motivation based on how much of it there is! 

 

 

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:22 PM

@Ben-RO ooh I love nerdy graphs like that 😄 I think motivation tends to be highest when we're in the middle, rather than at either extreme

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:17 PM

It sounds like we've found that motivation can come from lots of different places. Which leads us to our next question:

 

Where do you think your motivation came from? Did you motivation waiver?

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:25 PM

Where do you think your motivation came from? Did you motivation waiver?

For me a lot of my motivation comes from within myself. I know that with my project I wanted to finish it so it can help other people, but I also felt something *within* to get it done, and I fell that a lot with a lot of projects and tasks I do.

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:31 PM

Where do you think your motivation came from? Did you motivation waiver?

 

My motivation came from a couple of different things, one of them is stress. The random graph i shared basically says that there's a certain amount of stress that is actually really good, it gets too low and we just kinda don't get motivated, but also too much aint too good too. So when I'm motivated i generally have enough stress to help me feel motivated but not so much that i feel like i'm overwelmed and can't think straight. The other thing is wanting the thing to happen. So for example with study, if i don't see the point to doing a subject, like it won't help me discover more about what i care about or I can't see how it will help me do better at the things i want to do, it's very hard for me to get motivated to do it. 

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:26 PM

@tomo_13 can definitely relate - I often wonder where the motivation within really comes from/what drives it 🙂

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:29 PM

@May_ I tend to be at both ends simultaneously too. I think if we become so anxious and burn ourselves out then it can turn into apathy, because we're just so exhausted

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:31 PM

That sounds about right @lokifish I tend to get that experience too. So annoying!

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:36 PM

@lokifish yes exactly!!

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:28 PM

@May_ In a weird way it may come from external sources (i.e. friends, parents, teachers, society even!) and we want to impress them, but we just don't realise it??

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:30 PM

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:31 PM

@lokifish, I definitely think they can cross over and for me, sometimes it turns into that addictive obsession which isn't as fun as just being motivated.

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:36 PM

(I too can meme @FootyFan26 :P)

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:38 PM

@lokifish @roseisnotaplant HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

originally posted on 20-03-2017 8:40 PM

I don't wanna declare meme war @FootyFan26 @lokifish, but I will if I have to