What Motivates You?
What motivates you? Is it the promise of a reward, the threatening that you'll be punished if you don't do so-and-so, or the fact that you genuinely enjoy what you're doing? Is it something specific, like puppy gifs, or anything in general, like motivational penguins? Do you get motivated suddenly, or does it take time?
Please share your thoughts below :)
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@windflowers - Hi lovely! I love that you're so enthusiastic on this team and posting such great things! But this is a pretty long tag list and I think some people (myself included!) might not be sure why they're on it. I believe I unsubscribed from this tag list via a link in a different Motivational Support post - can you make sure you're using the latest and greatest? :)
@Anomalia
I used the taglist that was provided, but I'll definitely make sure not to do that next time. I'm so sorry for disturbing you
@windflowers - No problem! Just wanted to raise it so that you can make sure you have the up to date list. I'm sure there are loads of people excited to hear about these things, and you guys are doing some awesome work on this team!
Hi @windflowers! I've also unsubscribed from this list using this form / link posted in here. Would really appreciated if that could be somehow updated, because the notifications' ocean is on the rise today ^^;
Thanks for the awesome work you and the whole Motivational Support Team is doing to bring quality discussions. All the best!
@Celaeno @MissZ I've made a feed post in hopes of contacting them - hopefully they notice! :)
@Celaeno
Hey there! I'm so sorry, I wasn't aware of this change. I'll make sure to not include you in the tag list next time; thanks for letting me know and I'm sorry for bothering you
@windflowers, that's okay! Thank you for taking care of it, I appreciate it ^^ Have a wonderful day and continue to be awesome!
@windflowers I have also applied to be removed from the tag list. I'd really appreciate if you stopped tagging me. Thank you! Great work on the Motivational Support!
I have also filled out the form to be removed from the tag list! Thanks! :)
*hugs*
amazing job on this new project though!!
Enjoyment usually, if I don't, I don't care to do it
@jr50
Enjoyment can be key to feeling motivated! And if you're feeling motivated you can help to motivate others too!
@windflowers it depends! Some things I do because I'm genuinely excited to do them, and other things are out of fear of punishment or consequences that outweigh the costs of actually Doing The Thing :P I like the ones I do out of excitement better, hehe!
@plantkissed
I agree with you right there! I prefer to be excited or enjoying something ti be fuelled with motivation!
@windflowers im always motivated in life !!! Motivating others is also my passion and happiness! !!
@littlepony
Wooooo! That's awesome to hear!
@HarveyM i want that piece of chocolate cake looks yummy!!!
@littlepony
Hehe! 
Fear is the most motivational but hearing stories from others to remind myself how much I like doing what I'm doing is the most inspirational.
@calmHemlock64
That's brilliant! Keep it up! Stay motivated; stay inspired. Motivate; inspire.
@windflowers
What gets me motivated and moving is when someone says. " hey u are really needed can u help us out ",
and bingo I am immediately on the job !!!!!
@RideaRainbow
Yeah! When my help is needed, my motivation is to complete the task/help others!
Someone forcing me to do it, doing it with other people and having no other things to distract me
@Tryingtobenormalgirl12
I agree! No distractions!
I'm motivated really quickly, and just by the fact that I enjoy what I do! It helps me to get through some of the things I don't so much like to do
@cynderislame
Yesssss! Enjoying something is key to being motivated! Then, once YOU are motivated, YOU can motivate others!
I am motivated by my long term and short term goals. If I'm not feeling motivated in a given moment I ask myself how it'll effect me long term and if it'll interfere or help me achieve my long term goals.
@InvaderStitch
Yes, yes, yes to everything you wrote! That's exactly the same thing I do!
However, sometimes I get un-motivated easier and quicker with long-term goals. I have issues and struggles with focus (which I am trying to improve), so something that helps is looking at my list of goals that I want to achieve, imagining how proud I will be of myself when I achieve them, how happy I'll be that I stuck it out. I use rewards for achieving very difficult goals to help motivate me. I also think of a quote I read some time back, I don't remember how it went exactly but it said something like, your future self has already finished all of these things, they're already done with this assignment/test/plan already, so there's a bridge between you and that future self, and that bridge is just a matter of when. It's just a matter of when you will do these things, because your future self is already on the other side. So you just have to sit down and do it.
@Wumbo
Thank you for sharing this! That, is a brilliant quote, if you could PM it to me, that'd be amazing! Have an awesome day!
@Wumbo
Love this! I'm sorry you have some issues with focusing, but it sounds like you've got a pretty great way of getting over it, which is wonderful. I noticed you also use different ways to deal with it -- that's awesome! Cool quote, by the way. Thank you for sharing
@windflowers
Aw, thank you so much! That's very kind of you to say. Yes, focusing is something of a challenge for me (I suspect I have ADD) but I am working on it. I think the quote is great as well, happy to share!
@InvaderStitch
I agree with this on so many levels! If an action you take will negatively impact your long and short-term goals, is it really worth it?
@Anomalia @Celaeno @fruityVision @MissZ @Sarra
Please note that it may take a few days to be fully removed from the taglist, however, at the moment, we are removing people within a couple of hours! I hope you all have an awesome day! Thank you for being so patient. 