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How do you keep yourself motivated?

In my 15th year of school I'm losing my ability to motivate myself. I've become tired of school and long for when I only have my job to deal with instead of a million classes. I keep neglecting my art class projects to pursue my own art projects. It's not that I'm not interested in them, I just don't see how I can finish them all. I'm perfectly cable of finishing it all, I just don't have the motivation for it anymore.

How do you keep yourself motivated in good and bad times?

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I can't, sometimes I just lay in bed all day.

On here, its really hard -

just as you think its all going really well
...along comes this damn question yet again...

;-)

The question is: why cant you do both?

Sounds to me like a "freedom" thing. Most teenagers have a feeling of impending rebellion. Its a way to separate and individuate. Its a phase of development. Then later in lifw we learn that we can mix our freedoms with our duties.

I like to eat and live indoors, therefor I maintain a steady job that affords me the essentials of life. That should be motivation enough.

My wife... ever since I was a kid, everything I did I imagined her watching me and I was doing it for her to show off.

I do not know how, I did the craziest stunts back then, driving in my car with my friends. Just felt, somehow, she might see me and be impressed. No. More then that. I felt she was seeing me and was impressed.

I really do not and do the exact same thing you do. I am lazy as hell but not for my philosophical and art projects.

I like components of my job, but most of it is grueling grunt work, which I absolutely hate, but have to do to earn the paycheck.

I almost wish I could get paid to just be an artist (though my art is writing and philosophy), but I do not want to have to conform my material into something that would appeal to the masses.

Live what you love. My advice. Work your eight hours and day, and then live your dreams. ;-)

I used to count the months and promise myself that I can find the stamina to keep going and doing my best for however many months are left until the goal.

masturbation, the thirsty Thursdays, asian girlfriend, dressing up as a pirate and walking around campus. Just do crazy stuff to spice up your life. = )

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How do you keep yourself motivated?

I can't, sometimes I just lay in bed all day.

On here, its really hard -just as you think its all going really well ...along comes this damn question yet again...;-)

The question is: why cant you do both?Sounds to me like a "freedom" thing. Most teenagers have a feeling of impending rebellion. Its a way to separate and individuate. Its a phase of development. Then later in lifw we learn that we can mix our freedoms with our duties.

I like to eat and live indoors, therefor I maintain a steady job that affords me the essentials of life. That should be motivation enough.

I used to count the months and promise myself that I can find the stamina to keep going and doing my best for however many months are left until the goal.

masturbation, the thirsty Thursdays, asian girlfriend, dressing up as a pirate and walking around campus. Just do crazy stuff to spice up your life. = )

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On here, its really hard -

just as you think its all going really well
...along comes this damn question yet again...

;-)

The question is: why cant you do both?

Sounds to me like a "freedom" thing. Most teenagers have a feeling of impending rebellion. Its a way to separate and individuate. Its a phase of development. Then later in lifw we learn that we can mix our freedoms with our duties.