https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:13:31 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/paged/2/#post-149157 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:00:51 +0000 well said, i agree fully.
like curly in the movie "city slickers" said "the secret to life is one thing, the trick is finding out what that one thing is" I was just thinking about that movie. What a jerk the writer was until I figured out how true it is.]]> Opinions and Polls rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/paged/2/#post-149157 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149154 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:55:48 +0000 like curly in the movie "city slickers" said "the secret to life is one thing, the trick is finding out what that one thing is"]]> Opinions and Polls TwistedLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149154 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149098 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:30:32 +0000 Opinions and Polls rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149098 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149090 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:35:09 +0000
Keep on moving , maybe that can help :oops: ( i am confused..)]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149090 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149036 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:36:43 +0000
I was told at a job interveiw that I was "over quilified" because I had some college (I didn't know community college could over quilify me). So I worked for my Dad in the oil field during the summer cutting weeds and keeping the field looking nice. It was hard work, but really satisfying.

I get where you're coming from Mike with depression. I'm at the same age where you started college. I also don't see my friends often, don't have a girlfriend, and hate driving (that causes problems to), and very little money to go places. I also got really burned out of college and tired of being made fun of.

I keep hoping for the right push or I make the right decision. My younger brother graduated college and most of my family believes that I can still do it. Maybe I just need figures things out yet.]]> Opinions and Polls Ghost https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149036 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149019 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:59:09 +0000
Now at age 39 I have been a teacher for 5 years and I have a Bachelor's AND MAster's degree. Unfortuanately I am not married and I don't have any family except my mother. Teaching is a dream job for me after 9 years in a factory. There is NEVER a dull momment, not 2 days are the same, and the people I work with are the BEST!!

However, I get depressed all the time...I don't have any real friends, I don't date, and I sit home all the time. Some days I just kick myself in the butt and tell myself to get up and do what I need to do. Other days I wallow in self pity. Some how, some way I wake up every morning still breathing. Some days I drink till I pass out and others I cry myself to sleep.

However, as depressing as my life can get at times it's my students that keep me going. I got a Christmas card from a Kindergartener who told me he loved my class and that I "rocked" and that I should never change. It got me through the holiday season.

I guess what I am trying to say in a long winded way is that you have to find your own way. What works for me and everyone else might not work for you. I still haven't found that "magic" motivator and I'm almost 40 years old...]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149019 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149009 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:35:23 +0000
I've been very lucky in that I've enjoyed every job that I've had. Mostly because of either the challenges involved in the work itself or (and more often the case) because of the people I met and worked with. Most people, if they are lucky, work a third of the hours of each day of their lives - it's good to find something you enjoy, whatever your age.

Another thing is to not let your work become a "defining" moment. Some people define themselves by their occupations ("I'm a doctor"), some by their relationships ("I'm so and so's husband or a father or child") and some by their dreams (I'm a musician). But the reality is that you're always a combination of a lot of things.

Everything about life involves work of some sort - ask any student, parent, boyfriend, girlfriend, band mate, let alone any "worker." It's simply a part of life. No one has a life where you get to totally decide exactly how it's going to be and what you're going to do. I think that the important thing is to bargain in good faith with life - give it everything you've got and share everything you get.

All this is coming from someone whose Neuroticism score was 15 (including 14 on Anger and 11 on Depression), so take it with a grain of salt.

Peace]]> Opinions and Polls David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149009 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149003 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:20:13 +0000
You said your heart just doesn't want you to work.......how are you going to get educated......how will you get a job....what would you do if you didn't have a job / income of any kind? Trust me, the idea is great, the novelty wears off. Last summer I was without a job for 16 weeks. Great, I thought. Live with the parents for the summer, hang out with mates, drink beer, watch TV etc. After a few weeks I was bored stiff! All my mates went to work during the day, I had seen everything on TV twice, I had no money to see my mates when they weren't at work. I ended up pretty depressed!

Now scale that up to adulthood - when you're no longer supported at all. If you don't work, you have no money. That means no house. No car. No food. No heating. No anything. And thats NOT good!

Without a little work from someone, you wouldn't have the luxury of owning a guitar. Think about that.

I know this is abit all over the place, but in the end, working is just one of those things you have to do. Granted, find something you like doing and it will be a lot easier. But after 10 years I bet even a chocolate taster is fed up!

As for refrain, that is a personal choice isn't it? If you know something is immoral, illegal or wrong, and you choose to do it anyway, you know what might / will happen to you. Learn to say NO! Have a goal as well. Thats helps. I'm a self-confessed chocaholic, but the motivation of going on holiday to the beach with my mates inspired me:
so I gave up chocolate and lost 2 stone.

Pete]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-149003 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-148918 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:33:46 +0000 legal

The Factory pays for my holidays, my house, my beer, my guitar strings, my CD's, petrol in my car, and everything else I do.

Actually, my teaching pays for my beer, but if I lost a coupla students tomorrow the Factory would have to help.

Best,


A :-)]]> Opinions and Polls Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-148918 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-148914 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:25:29 +0000
Eg - if someone got craving for porn (or cigerettes !!) and he knows its bad then where does that refrain comes from ...]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/what-keeps-you-motivated/#post-148914