What motivates you?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful, no wouldn’t it be heaven when you
didn’t feel like getting up in the morning to simply just stay in bed, with no
consequences and repercussions? I can already imagine myself just lying in bed
the whole day when I simply didn’t feel like work or were plainly just not
motivated to get up.
I am pretty sure that most of the world’s population would
agree with me that they would rather stay in bed than getting up and do
something. What make this even worse are those cold winter months when
productivity and the over-all morale of people are at its lowest, especially
here in our sunny South Africa, where we thrive in the warm summer months.
I think it is safe to say that one of the reasons people are
not very eager to get up in the mornings are just plain laziness and with a
little persuasion and a few cups of coffee, they are good to go and eventually
just get on with it. But what about taking it a little further and say that the
other reason for not getting up and seizing the day is truly the lack of any
motivation whatsoever? If you think about it clearly, laziness
(procrastination?) is the biggest symptom of having no motivation. However, it
gets a little serious when people get so demotivated and depressed that they
truly lose their zest for life. But where does this stem from and why are
people in today’s world so demotivated?
How many times have you heard people say they want to follow
their dreams or do something constructive towards society or even leave their
job and go live a secluded life in the mountains somewhere? Most people,
including me have heard this so many times and we can’t help but roll our eyes
at these hippies. But the more I think of it, the more I can understand why
these individuals feel this way. Most people are just not following their
dreams or doing what they love anymore. In the years when your father was a
carpenter or stonemason and you just took over the reins are long gone.
This situation has a very negative outcome as well. It is all
good and well to fantasize about a laid-back life somewhere on a golden beach
or high up in the mountains somewhere, but in today’s fast paced life it is
just not so easy achievable. Surely you must eat while you are living your
ideal life or just simply lying in bed, but to eat you must work. Forget about
food, there are also bills to pay, mortgages to honour and kids to put through
school and university. So it is safe to say that your dreams get put on the
back burner and you work to get by, to pay the bills and to take care of your
family.
It is very sad to know that so many people struggle with
this and sometimes I struggle with it as well, up to a certain point. I don’t
really want to live a secluded life or anything. But every person has their own
idea of a perfect life. A perfect life in one person’s view is to be a
successful business man and another’s simply to be happy by earning a
reasonable salary. Personally I think greed is the main culprit in this sad
saga. If it wasn’t for the need to have more and more we would all have been
happy with what we have right in front of us.
My advice instead of moping around and being all depressed? Take stock of your personal life. Wake up in
the morning and realize what you have around you, not what is in your bank
account or the dreams in your head. Be happy to live in the moment and willing
to change that certain moment. Start small, make someone smile or help a friend
out. Change your outlook and your attitude and you might be lucky enough to
realize that what is motivating you was in front of you all the time.
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