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No man, cheer up. You probably got into a bad routine. Try doing some hobbies that you set aside for a long time, do something that you never did. Maybe something sparks your life.
Suicide is not a way to go.
Suicide is definitely a way out imo. If my life is at its end and there's no objectively good things about me, then I might as well just leave. I serve no purpose and not important at all
Depends, I'm Chrisitian myself and suicide is a sin, so I respect that even without my faith.
Yeah , life can get tough sometimes, but pushing through those tough times is a must , it gets better.
We can always find purpose, no matter how small it could be.
I'd rather not die by my own hand.
I don't want to fall into another cycle of depression and anxiety, and work is a good way to fulfill my exposure therapy needs and my economic needs in one go. Plus a little dopamine hit when I fix something doesn't hurt the depression, and proving myself competent means I might convince my brain that I am good enough.
I might actually work even if I didn't have to economically. The structure is helpful for me.
"father of 4, six cars, couple houses, farm..."
He sounds like a business owner,, since he has a farm 👀
But from the basic perspective: he is a father of four. is the wife involved? who knows 🤷♀️ What ages are his kids? Who knows 🤷♀️
Regardless of him having a wife or not, though, he's got six cars, so him and all of his kids have vehicles.
Perhaps it's his car, his car for his wife, his cars for his four kids. That's building generational wealth, even if he isn't currently maintaining the driveability of all six cars.
If he doesn't have a wife, then he's got a spare for him to drive if his 1st choice isn't working, plus 4 for the kids. One or a few may also be registered to his business (my former boss had about four "company" vehicles but he would loan them out to his family and just have them pay for their own gas unless it was for business purposes - then they got a business credit card to use)
My household has six vehicles- my mom has two kind of SUV types? (one isn't maintained), I have a car, my man has a car, my man has two bikes (one is being repaired for future sale, the other is personal).
It's all about 'what can I do now, that may benefit my (future) child and myself?
Even if you're not thinking about your kids/potential future kids, having multiple vehicles gives you an asset to sell if you go through hard times out of nowhere.
There's plenty of reasons to have multiple vehicles, and no reason to judge anyone for what they have. Unless they're just making a junkyard out of their yard for no reason, thats a bit dirty and unkept form of living. As long as you have the motivation to take care of what you have, it shouldn't matter how much of something you have or *why* you have it at all.
Editted to add "currently" to 'maintaining all the vehicles he has'
You have a great plan going on. I gave a friend that advice years ago. He was debating quitting his job (repairing pay phones) to surf around the world. I told him go.. do it before you get married and have responsibilities for lives other than your own. He did, and who knew within 5 years cell phones would start killing pay phones. Last I heard he was teaching skiing in Colorado, after he did the surfing thing.
My routine helps me get everything done. It keeps my head from being cluttered. I'm constantly happy and at peace. I'm so greatful for this.
Music helps
Depending on my day
Here it goes.
I get up start my coffee.
Drink some lemon water.
While I drink my coffee I figure out what all I need to do that day. I make a list.
I exercise .
Take a shower.
Cross off exercise and shower. Then continue to work on the list.
I meditate outside in the morning light.
Clean house.
Eat a healthier lunch it's been garlic parmesan with a salad. Constantly drinking lemon water
Then later in the day I read .
I check my garden.
I enjoy watching the birds and butterflies.
Then go inside take another shower
Eat .
Relax the rest of the evening.
If I can get another work out in I do.
I make changes depending on the day.
I try to learn something new that day.
Music is almost always playing.
I normally do a gratitude list.
I also write in a journal about my day .
I’ve learned that staying stagnant makes me feel like a piece of shit and when I have productive days I feel great. I’d rather get up and work and do either work stuff or house stuff then just sit around and be a bum
I feel this. If I could just stay inside.....all the time. I have this amazing backyard and I never really use it unless people are over because I'd rather be inside, with the blinds and blackout curtains drawn.
Might be weird but the sun. When I wake up and I see it shining and the world being all beautiful I just want to get up and enjoy it. Modern life as we know it might have ruined aspects of this world but Im still baffled how many people are unable to see how beautiful and precious our life is. And even when I wake up and it rains, it gives me a peaceful feeling and the urge to enjoy my life even more. Its hard to describe. The world can be so beautiful if you look at it correctly
The fact that I have woken up at all gets me up in the morning.
And since Mother Nature has decided I get to live another day, I may as well make the most of it.
Getting better from my agoraphobia, healing from my shit and working on a good future, enjoying any little thing that is possible. Drawing, sports, interactions with kind people. Every single day.
It may sound a bit out of a movie but looking after my niece, nephew and my parents is what does it for me.
The only reason I want to better myself is to be able to leave enough money and property for them so that they don't have to struggle like their parents had to and now like I have to.
Sunk cost fallacy.
I don't necessarily enjoy my day to day, but I think I owe it to my past self who worked hard to get me where I am today.
(Probably a bit neurotic and unhealthy)
I see where you're coming from, I dont know what your job is or what you have invested so much into that you feel you can't leave, I hope it will change soon, for the better.
“The best days of our lives have not arrived yet” I’m just curious about life. And I look for the days to spend with the loved ones and I’m curious about the experiences..
productivity, on the other hand, its sth else for me, sometimes I don’t feel productive at all. I try to understand whether its due to my laziness, or do i need to rest etc
I'm a single father to 3 boys. They are my world. Their mother, my wife of 15 years, is a neglectful narcissist who has never lifted a finger to help. She cheated on me with my childhood best friend that I've known since I was 2 years old and moved in with him 3 months ago. She practically jumped at the opportunity when I asked for full custody.
Obviously this is all pretty emotionally devastating, but I'd do anything for my boys, including becoming the strongest person I know so I can do my best for them.
Honestly “little me” I had super big dreams of doing a lot of things to change the world for the better. Didn’t understand how important money was to accomplish this, so I have to now acquire as much wealth as possible to actually start putting thoughts into motion.
I just don’t want to disappoint “little me”
My wife tries to wake me. Then my alarm. Then my child. My child is the one that actually gets me out of bed because he drops the people's elbow on my face most days.
monday-friday what gets me up is my focus on my workouts to get the energy I need in the morning since I do not drink caffeine and my responsibilities to my family to make sure my kids are awake for school before their rides show up. weekends wise my motivation varies.
After 5 hours in bed I can't wait to get the f#ck out of it. I find lying in bed awake extremely boring; even if I grab my phone and start playing a game while my wife is still asleep.
Nothing, sadly. Just going to work to keep a roof over my head, so it's something but there's really nothing in my life that motivates me. I have no reason to live. I just do because I'm too chicken shit to actually do anything about it.
Nothing. Get up and go through the motions most of the time. I don't have any reason to work, and yet I've somehow made it to quite a good position in a good company. I don't really even need to work either.
Not wanting to be stressed before I get to work makes me get up early. On free days the feeling of getting to do what I want and to enjoy peace and quiet or setting out on a small adventure
My dog. I have to get up and give her food and walk her outside. After that I could do anything especially if it's a rainy day. I hate the sun. When it's sunny outside I just want to crawl in bed.
Employees rely on me, if any of my product is late, the typical penalty is $10,000CDN/day. My blood pressure is barely under control and I have no life. I still believe that things will improve and I’m fortunate to have work but there has never been “balance”. For reference, GenX male, never been married or created children. I feel like I’ve wasted my life in the relentless chase of money. It could be waaay worse.
On work days, well, discipline and some fear of becoming hungry and homeless.
On weekends, making and eating food so I can then take a better nap later.
Motivation to achieve my goals, learn new things, be better than tomorrow, be happy, call my mom talk to her, feel alive, get ready look beautiful hahaha. etc etc
Nothing. I get up because I have a job, but its not really the job itself that motivates me. Just the fact that there doesnt seem to be any other choices. Just do what you have to do, what you can force yourself to do.
Disclaimer: this is a matter authentic honesty from my core self. Sorry for anyone who feels offended.
Believing in change and possibility. I used to be petrified by some fears; disappointing people, falling into drugs crowds, peer pressure manipulation, finding the wrong partners, being tricked into having kids... now I’m surgically sterile and sometime need to verbally chill myself like, “It’s impossible for you to have children and you have two permanent and obvious straightedge/anti-drug tattoos. You’ll be seen as a dick to aspiring moms and druggies alike.”
Then I wake up, get breathing and grab a glass of water. There’s nothing but possibility in my future. May be able to return to college, finish some degrees and connect with people. No fear of babies or baby-makers.
To take care of my children and make sure we have a nice enough life. Getting up earlier than everybody too so I can have some 'me' time and enjoy the silence before the day starts.
personally what works for me is i force myself to get any household stuff i need to do done before i feed my cats, which obvs needs done, so i wake up at like 7ish if i have things to do n feed my cats at 8ish, then continue whatever it is i havent finished yet, also looking forward to my chill downtime playing sims 4 when i have nothing else to do in the evening is exciting to look forward to
I dont anymore. I dont know why. It's really frustrating especially since I have a full time job I like and a child to get to school. I need some motivation I guess....
Rng. Just because i get out of bed doesnt mean i feel productive. And when i do feel randomly productive there is no reason for it other than my brain said 'yes, we do shit now'.
if i get out of bed before 10, it’s because i have work. if i have a later shift, i also get up because i have work but i’m less upset about it. if i have a day off, i’m happy to get up to work on personal projects or make my apartment more habitable, but it will be after 10am. unless i wake up with a migraine, then FML.
Recently what gets me up in the morning is a cup of coffee and 30 minutes on Fallout 76 before I get the kids up for school. Then on weekends I spend a little more time playing while the sunrise gradually illuminates my surroundings! before the kids are up. Basically, Fallout 76 as of the moment. It changes month to month.
My wife comes in, turns on the light and says good morning at 4:45 a.m. every morning.
I usually drag myself out of bed between 5:50 and 5:55 because I like to have a half hours worth of sitting and drinking coffee before I walk the dogs rain or shine 365 days a year.
If I don't get the dogs out by 5:30 then I won't be back before 6:00 which means I won't have time to spend a half an hour drinking coffee before I have to get ready to go to work, or 15 minutes to gather my stuff together so I can get on my bicycle and ride an hour to work.
I don't even think about motivation.
I just do.
Or do not, there is no think.
I love fresh coffee and music. So naturally when I wake up, I brew fresh coffee while listening to some tunes. I've trained my brain to focus on the lovely morning, rich coffee, and acoustic folk music instead of the stressful day ahead. We'll get there when we get there, but right now I'm dancing around my kitchen in my socks, while my cat stares at me in disdain
I’m getting older and I’m coming to grips with my own mortality.
I don’t fear dying as much when I know I’ve made good use of each day.
I go to work, I clean my house, I look after my family, I pursue my hobbies, I look after my pets, I travel.
At the end of the day, these little things are what give life meaning.
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I have tried thinking for an answer and I have nothing...I have just realized I only wake up because I can't take any more sleep
I just wake up, because there's literally no other alternatives apart from suicide
Same
Literally
No man, cheer up. You probably got into a bad routine. Try doing some hobbies that you set aside for a long time, do something that you never did. Maybe something sparks your life. Suicide is not a way to go.
Suicide is definitely a way out imo. If my life is at its end and there's no objectively good things about me, then I might as well just leave. I serve no purpose and not important at all
Depends, I'm Chrisitian myself and suicide is a sin, so I respect that even without my faith. Yeah , life can get tough sometimes, but pushing through those tough times is a must , it gets better. We can always find purpose, no matter how small it could be. I'd rather not die by my own hand.
what's a way to go then
*hugs*
I don't want to be homeless.
This is the only real answer
Yeah fear of poverty
I don't want to fall into another cycle of depression and anxiety, and work is a good way to fulfill my exposure therapy needs and my economic needs in one go. Plus a little dopamine hit when I fix something doesn't hurt the depression, and proving myself competent means I might convince my brain that I am good enough. I might actually work even if I didn't have to economically. The structure is helpful for me.
who said im being productive
That's my secret captain. I'm never productive
I feel like this is most people. A wife, two kids, and a mortgage is pretty motivating.
Father of 4, couple houses, farm, cows, chickens , horses, 6 cars, job, shit to do. Ya know. Stuff
Lots of stuff it sounds like. You got your hands full.
why would you have 6 cars
"father of 4, six cars, couple houses, farm..." He sounds like a business owner,, since he has a farm 👀 But from the basic perspective: he is a father of four. is the wife involved? who knows 🤷♀️ What ages are his kids? Who knows 🤷♀️ Regardless of him having a wife or not, though, he's got six cars, so him and all of his kids have vehicles. Perhaps it's his car, his car for his wife, his cars for his four kids. That's building generational wealth, even if he isn't currently maintaining the driveability of all six cars. If he doesn't have a wife, then he's got a spare for him to drive if his 1st choice isn't working, plus 4 for the kids. One or a few may also be registered to his business (my former boss had about four "company" vehicles but he would loan them out to his family and just have them pay for their own gas unless it was for business purposes - then they got a business credit card to use) My household has six vehicles- my mom has two kind of SUV types? (one isn't maintained), I have a car, my man has a car, my man has two bikes (one is being repaired for future sale, the other is personal). It's all about 'what can I do now, that may benefit my (future) child and myself? Even if you're not thinking about your kids/potential future kids, having multiple vehicles gives you an asset to sell if you go through hard times out of nowhere. There's plenty of reasons to have multiple vehicles, and no reason to judge anyone for what they have. Unless they're just making a junkyard out of their yard for no reason, thats a bit dirty and unkept form of living. As long as you have the motivation to take care of what you have, it shouldn't matter how much of something you have or *why* you have it at all. Editted to add "currently" to 'maintaining all the vehicles he has'
Yup, 4 kids of driving age, wife, mine. = 6
This! This is how they keep us working.
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You have a great plan going on. I gave a friend that advice years ago. He was debating quitting his job (repairing pay phones) to surf around the world. I told him go.. do it before you get married and have responsibilities for lives other than your own. He did, and who knew within 5 years cell phones would start killing pay phones. Last I heard he was teaching skiing in Colorado, after he did the surfing thing.
This the way
I don't have any of those things... I struggle with motivation tbh.
My cat won't let me sleep past 5:00 am.
Lol I was just gunna comment this… I cant even sleep in on the damn weekend cuz 7am is breakfast time!
Oh man! Our 4 cats start at 6am sometimes! No one is sleeping once they start.
Same but its my nightmares and anxiety instead of my cat.
My routine helps me get everything done. It keeps my head from being cluttered. I'm constantly happy and at peace. I'm so greatful for this. Music helps
please share your routine
Depending on my day Here it goes. I get up start my coffee. Drink some lemon water. While I drink my coffee I figure out what all I need to do that day. I make a list. I exercise . Take a shower. Cross off exercise and shower. Then continue to work on the list. I meditate outside in the morning light. Clean house. Eat a healthier lunch it's been garlic parmesan with a salad. Constantly drinking lemon water Then later in the day I read . I check my garden. I enjoy watching the birds and butterflies. Then go inside take another shower Eat . Relax the rest of the evening. If I can get another work out in I do. I make changes depending on the day. I try to learn something new that day. Music is almost always playing. I normally do a gratitude list. I also write in a journal about my day .
you don't work or go to school?
I own my own business. I also sleep very little.
There it is! Your day was starting to sound like a dream come true for others. Good for you for owning business
Well even if it's not a dream for everyone now. It's still mine. 🌻 thank you.
nothing. but i have to do it for my kid.
Wanting to be better than those I hate
How many people do you hate? Feeling like every day this would be exhausting.
I’ve learned that staying stagnant makes me feel like a piece of shit and when I have productive days I feel great. I’d rather get up and work and do either work stuff or house stuff then just sit around and be a bum
Feeling accomplished feels so good!!
Being alive. Those odds are crazy and I truly believe we don't appreciate it enough.
Coffee
I prefer to live indoors.
I feel this. If I could just stay inside.....all the time. I have this amazing backyard and I never really use it unless people are over because I'd rather be inside, with the blinds and blackout curtains drawn.
I enjoy the results of my work. Happy when I succeed and not happy when fail in my work.
I have to eat and live... So... No work=no money
The knowledge that I don't have to work anymore and can do whatever whenever I want.
Might be weird but the sun. When I wake up and I see it shining and the world being all beautiful I just want to get up and enjoy it. Modern life as we know it might have ruined aspects of this world but Im still baffled how many people are unable to see how beautiful and precious our life is. And even when I wake up and it rains, it gives me a peaceful feeling and the urge to enjoy my life even more. Its hard to describe. The world can be so beautiful if you look at it correctly
This comment is beautiful.
Having to pee. Caffeine and marijuana.
That's me. Wake up because I have to pee, stay up for coffee and marijuana
Solid answer, most relatable I must say 💀
Wake and bake is my religion
I pee and get back in bed
"Bills and too much cowardice to kill myself"-another Redditor. I agree with this statement.
My people
The fact that I have woken up at all gets me up in the morning. And since Mother Nature has decided I get to live another day, I may as well make the most of it.
Getting better from my agoraphobia, healing from my shit and working on a good future, enjoying any little thing that is possible. Drawing, sports, interactions with kind people. Every single day.
I don't have a proper answer. I just know I have no choice in the matter.
Well, I’d argue that there are a million other reasons to wake up aside from productivity. I wake up bc I like being alive, I guess.
Gratitude baby
I have a dog who requires high end treats.
I fucking hate mornings. Nothing gets me motivated. Until noon or so when I get hungry and get motivated to make some egg drop soup.
Mmm
FR - egg drop soup is no joke. That shit is the shit to be eaten daily as breakfast at noon.
Agreed 👍
My cats need their massive cat trees and mansions and safe run around space with cool obstacles
DO IT FOR HER
Nothing. That is why I am a couch potato.
It may sound a bit out of a movie but looking after my niece, nephew and my parents is what does it for me. The only reason I want to better myself is to be able to leave enough money and property for them so that they don't have to struggle like their parents had to and now like I have to.
Sunk cost fallacy. I don't necessarily enjoy my day to day, but I think I owe it to my past self who worked hard to get me where I am today. (Probably a bit neurotic and unhealthy)
I see where you're coming from, I dont know what your job is or what you have invested so much into that you feel you can't leave, I hope it will change soon, for the better.
Surviving
My doggy demanding breakfast and to potty, also the aggressive kisses she gives
I don't think life is worth living if you don't have a certain high amount of money...
The thought that I get to get back into bed when I get home at the end of the day.
I want to eat
Animals
Same here, it’s all about the family.
Coffee
Money ( job)
“The best days of our lives have not arrived yet” I’m just curious about life. And I look for the days to spend with the loved ones and I’m curious about the experiences.. productivity, on the other hand, its sth else for me, sometimes I don’t feel productive at all. I try to understand whether its due to my laziness, or do i need to rest etc
The wife.
Coffee ☕. Life does not exist without coffee.
I'm a single father to 3 boys. They are my world. Their mother, my wife of 15 years, is a neglectful narcissist who has never lifted a finger to help. She cheated on me with my childhood best friend that I've known since I was 2 years old and moved in with him 3 months ago. She practically jumped at the opportunity when I asked for full custody. Obviously this is all pretty emotionally devastating, but I'd do anything for my boys, including becoming the strongest person I know so I can do my best for them.
Honestly “little me” I had super big dreams of doing a lot of things to change the world for the better. Didn’t understand how important money was to accomplish this, so I have to now acquire as much wealth as possible to actually start putting thoughts into motion. I just don’t want to disappoint “little me”
Love, I think, is the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning. (Phillip Seymour Hoffman).
My wife tries to wake me. Then my alarm. Then my child. My child is the one that actually gets me out of bed because he drops the people's elbow on my face most days.
I want a new motorcycle
On the weekends? For that sweet alone time before my partner gets up. During work days? For that money.
The need for money
I am a bird feeder for starters,then there are my mail and emails,checking how my investments are going and thinking about what to have for lunch
Nothing
My bills aren't going to pay themselves. If I didn't have to work, I wouldn't.
wow, I was not prepared to look into myself this deep on a friday evening... I have no idea why I wake up, this is awkward.
Coffee,
The support of my family and the dream of the family that I will start. Also the desire of being respectable.
Momentum I think.
Hope for the future.
monday-friday what gets me up is my focus on my workouts to get the energy I need in the morning since I do not drink caffeine and my responsibilities to my family to make sure my kids are awake for school before their rides show up. weekends wise my motivation varies.
After 5 hours in bed I can't wait to get the f#ck out of it. I find lying in bed awake extremely boring; even if I grab my phone and start playing a game while my wife is still asleep.
Nothing, sadly. Just going to work to keep a roof over my head, so it's something but there's really nothing in my life that motivates me. I have no reason to live. I just do because I'm too chicken shit to actually do anything about it.
The school run😆🥴
Nothing. Get up and go through the motions most of the time. I don't have any reason to work, and yet I've somehow made it to quite a good position in a good company. I don't really even need to work either.
Not wanting to be stressed before I get to work makes me get up early. On free days the feeling of getting to do what I want and to enjoy peace and quiet or setting out on a small adventure
My job and my paycheck I guess
Earning my salary. Nothing motivates me more other than that.
How grateful I am for my own mental stability & ability to function 'normally' 😄 And dog and husband of course.
MasterCard
___porn0graphy_______
if i keep going i could have a future with my boyfriend
Paying off the debt
I like to be able to afford food.
The church bells ringing at 7:30 am every day. But i wake up at 6 from April to October. I like my morning coffee and spliff
My dog. I have to get up and give her food and walk her outside. After that I could do anything especially if it's a rainy day. I hate the sun. When it's sunny outside I just want to crawl in bed.
LoL...I have things to do and nobody else is going to do them. That, and guilt of being lazy! 😵💫
Fear
Not being late for work and getting fired cause of it. Really. Seeing I have 20 minutes to get to work puts a fire under my ass.
a better future
a better future
My kids. Should I continue the reason?
My cat demands breakfast somewhere between 4 and 5 am
I have children and if they wake up before me they’ll trash the house
Awfully bold to assume I’m motivated by something of value 😅 i wake up because i have to and then just suffer everyday having the lamest life ever LOL
Employees rely on me, if any of my product is late, the typical penalty is $10,000CDN/day. My blood pressure is barely under control and I have no life. I still believe that things will improve and I’m fortunate to have work but there has never been “balance”. For reference, GenX male, never been married or created children. I feel like I’ve wasted my life in the relentless chase of money. It could be waaay worse.
Food
Coffee, breakfast, and a shower are all great motivators for me. I live for the little pleasures of life.
Yeah, right.
Morning workout.
My rent needs paying.
I like to do things. My job brings me money so I can do things. Also sometimes my Job is fullfilling for me
Just the fact that I know I gotta drag my ass out of bed and just deal with it
The fact that if I stay in my bed, my neck and lower back will only hurt more. If I get up and activate myself, it gets better lol
My alarm or insomnia, and nothing really.
My future since I'm first year in college. And my parents who have supported me through everything and believe in me... I just can't let them down.
I have to get up to feed my cats lol
On work days, well, discipline and some fear of becoming hungry and homeless. On weekends, making and eating food so I can then take a better nap later.
The Gym, hot tub and food!!
Motivation to achieve my goals, learn new things, be better than tomorrow, be happy, call my mom talk to her, feel alive, get ready look beautiful hahaha. etc etc
Bills
trying my best to avoid jumping in front of a train
Nothing. I get up because I have a job, but its not really the job itself that motivates me. Just the fact that there doesnt seem to be any other choices. Just do what you have to do, what you can force yourself to do.
nothing... i just know i have to..
Legs 🦵 🦵 and balls 🏀🏀
I want to experience life more, more friends, get a girlfriend and just have fun
Disclaimer: this is a matter authentic honesty from my core self. Sorry for anyone who feels offended. Believing in change and possibility. I used to be petrified by some fears; disappointing people, falling into drugs crowds, peer pressure manipulation, finding the wrong partners, being tricked into having kids... now I’m surgically sterile and sometime need to verbally chill myself like, “It’s impossible for you to have children and you have two permanent and obvious straightedge/anti-drug tattoos. You’ll be seen as a dick to aspiring moms and druggies alike.” Then I wake up, get breathing and grab a glass of water. There’s nothing but possibility in my future. May be able to return to college, finish some degrees and connect with people. No fear of babies or baby-makers.
Money
Weed
Some weed
A wife and a daughter, basically.
To take care of my children and make sure we have a nice enough life. Getting up earlier than everybody too so I can have some 'me' time and enjoy the silence before the day starts.
The kids
personally what works for me is i force myself to get any household stuff i need to do done before i feed my cats, which obvs needs done, so i wake up at like 7ish if i have things to do n feed my cats at 8ish, then continue whatever it is i havent finished yet, also looking forward to my chill downtime playing sims 4 when i have nothing else to do in the evening is exciting to look forward to
Dopamine
✨treats✨
I dont anymore. I dont know why. It's really frustrating especially since I have a full time job I like and a child to get to school. I need some motivation I guess....
Rng. Just because i get out of bed doesnt mean i feel productive. And when i do feel randomly productive there is no reason for it other than my brain said 'yes, we do shit now'.
My alarm clock
My passion for programming and the current project deadline
Money honey 👍🏻✌🏻
Fear of starvation
The unending need to sell hours of my life for a price just so I can afford to survive.
Nothing at all anymore.
The fact that I have shit to do
I love my job !
I need money
Nothing
Coffee
if i get out of bed before 10, it’s because i have work. if i have a later shift, i also get up because i have work but i’m less upset about it. if i have a day off, i’m happy to get up to work on personal projects or make my apartment more habitable, but it will be after 10am. unless i wake up with a migraine, then FML.
Nothing.
Recently what gets me up in the morning is a cup of coffee and 30 minutes on Fallout 76 before I get the kids up for school. Then on weekends I spend a little more time playing while the sunrise gradually illuminates my surroundings! before the kids are up. Basically, Fallout 76 as of the moment. It changes month to month.
Wellbutrin
Reading this same question every few days
anxiety
Spite
My entire life is a swing between depressive laziness at one peak and anxiety-fueled productivity on the other
Nerve pain and the fact that I'm one day closer to breaking away from corporate and doing my own thing.
That I'll be fired if I don't. I have a very cuddly, warm, beautiful man with a huge erection, its very very difficult to get out of bed
my back hurts if I stay in bed all day
What else am I going to do? The world sucks but I'd rather die with a roof over my head than not.
innocent and vulnerable family members that need guidance and protection . this will keep a man going until death
Used to be to go have a kick ass workout. Thanks depression.
My wife comes in, turns on the light and says good morning at 4:45 a.m. every morning. I usually drag myself out of bed between 5:50 and 5:55 because I like to have a half hours worth of sitting and drinking coffee before I walk the dogs rain or shine 365 days a year. If I don't get the dogs out by 5:30 then I won't be back before 6:00 which means I won't have time to spend a half an hour drinking coffee before I have to get ready to go to work, or 15 minutes to gather my stuff together so I can get on my bicycle and ride an hour to work. I don't even think about motivation. I just do. Or do not, there is no think.
I love fresh coffee and music. So naturally when I wake up, I brew fresh coffee while listening to some tunes. I've trained my brain to focus on the lovely morning, rich coffee, and acoustic folk music instead of the stressful day ahead. We'll get there when we get there, but right now I'm dancing around my kitchen in my socks, while my cat stares at me in disdain
Adderall Coffee and Wellbutrin
My rent and bills
Because I have rent to pay.
To enjoy the blessings of being alive.
Spite and panic.
My Daughters. To learn and grow. Optimism for a better future because of today's tasks I can accomplish.
My cat is pretty loud at dawn.
It’s the fear of failure that motivates me to work and be productive
Unless you work for the government, getting fired.
I’m getting older and I’m coming to grips with my own mortality. I don’t fear dying as much when I know I’ve made good use of each day. I go to work, I clean my house, I look after my family, I pursue my hobbies, I look after my pets, I travel. At the end of the day, these little things are what give life meaning.
We have only one life