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 Apr 17 2007, 11:05 PM
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 Oh My Goblet of Fire!  Group: Member Posts: 222 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 504,421  |
What makes you extra motivated to do trivial things like cleaning the house or home work?
I'm having such a hard time being motivated lately. 
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Apr 17 2007, 11:09 PM
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 Eastcoast Andy Group: Member Posts: 114 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 445,471 |
For some reason when i'm watching the food channel it makes me want to clean the house.
or if my room is in dire need of cleaning i tell myself that i can't watch any movies until the task at hand is done. sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. . . majority of the time it doesn't. ugh. . .gotta find a new strategy. |
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| *kryogenix* |
Apr 17 2007, 11:12 PM
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Death.
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Apr 17 2007, 11:15 PM
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Gosh, I'm having a hard time getting motivated too.
 It stinks.idk what really helps me get motivated. If I need to find something, that motivates me to clean. hahaha |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Apr 17 2007, 11:16 PM
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Usually if I have a lot of time on my hands or if I watch an inspirational thing on television. Yeah...I have no life.
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Apr 17 2007, 11:20 PM
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 You can't keep running from what you're trying to find. Group: Official Member Posts: 5,030 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 54,096 |
I don't get inspired or motivated very easily at all... I guess in my mind I am, like I always think it'd be cool if I actually did whatever, but it never translates into having to actually be done.
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Apr 17 2007, 11:20 PM
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Oh My Goblet of Fire! Group: Member Posts: 222 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 504,421 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Apr 17 2007, 11:12 PM)  Death. Death or fear of death? |
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| *kryogenix* |
Apr 17 2007, 11:34 PM
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QUOTE(Seņorita Semi-Automatic @ Apr 18 2007, 12:20 AM) Death or fear of death? Think. |
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Apr 18 2007, 12:19 AM
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 that heaven is overrated Group: Member Posts: 5,096 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 53,124 |
The consequences.
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Apr 18 2007, 12:23 AM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
Convincing myself that they're not trivial tasks, and rewarding myself with a huge vat of ice cream afterwards.
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Apr 18 2007, 08:39 AM
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 The kooks Group: Member Posts: 499 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 516,563 |
I motivate myself by thinking that it's all worth it in some way. If that doesn't work then I threaten to not have that ice cream that was saved for me
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| *I Viddy Horrorshow* |
Apr 18 2007, 10:34 AM
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I really, really don't know anymore.
Generally, I can only motivate myself by caring about something, and I suppose that stems from teh subconcious. |
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Apr 18 2007, 04:54 PM
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 The one man Voltron Group: Member Posts: 711 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,519 |
QUOTE(Mystic Eyes @ Apr 18 2007, 3:39 PM) I motivate myself by thinking that it's all worth it in some way. If that doesn't work then I threaten to not have that ice cream that was saved for me That seems to work better if someone else is keeping the ice cream >_>. |
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Apr 18 2007, 06:03 PM
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 fragile. Group: Member Posts: 493 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 503,750 |
i motivate myself by telling myself that it'll be better in the end. like, cleaning up my messy desk is a benefit for me in some way. or, if i fold the laundry & put them away, my parents will have less things to do. so yeah.
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Apr 18 2007, 06:05 PM
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Usually when i`m upset about things. I don`t know. Sometimes, when I have nothing else to do, and the internet is boring, I`ll just start cleaning something. But that`s rarely.
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| *suddenly she* |
Apr 18 2007, 06:49 PM
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Talk to someone you'd do anything for about it.
I have a friend that I talk to when I can't get to sleep... and when he's like "WTF GET TO SLEEP" at three in the morning when I'm up for no reason, I actually do. |
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| *Monochrome.* |
Apr 18 2007, 10:21 PM
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Well to get motivated to clean the house.I think of the one time i went to my aunts house and it was all dirys with flys and she and her kids were like living in squaler.
It scarred me for life. |
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Apr 18 2007, 10:43 PM
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I'm Cattt. :] Group: Validating Posts: 1,722 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,831 |
Looking at other people's nice neat stuff.
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Apr 19 2007, 03:37 PM
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I'm not motivated to do anything.... I can't even remember the last time I did homework...
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Apr 20 2007, 04:18 AM
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 What a sick, masochistic lion. Group: Member Posts: 1,853 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,535 |
If it's something like cleaning up my room or doing house chores, I blast some music while having to do it; the whole deal goes by much faster and I feel less bored. If it's running, I also can use music for my motivation to keep running further, faster, longer- but running with a friend is also pretty good too. :) If it's studying for a test or homework, I think of college. That usually makes me freak out and remind myself to study hard. |
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| *Duchess of Dork* |
Apr 23 2007, 12:35 PM
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If I can't muster up the motivation to get me going, my son will do it for me. I'm lucky in that respect.
I try to think about the consequences of not doing something, but that just doesn't work as a good motivator for me. I think it comes down to that positive conditioning or positive reinforcement type of thinking. So, for example, if I don't feel like getting up and doing laundry, I won't order pizza that night. But is that negative reinforcement, to deprive myself? |
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Apr 23 2007, 07:19 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 7,149 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 213,509 |
My mom, or dad, they'll make me do chores and stuff when I don't want to, meh. But like if I'm watching TV, I'll clean my room withoout asking.
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