Help me...What is your motivation?!
Question:
Help me...What is your motivation?
Hi. I am a 23 year old who is looking for some purpose.
I am a fairly bright individual, though I am by no means bragging. But I just don't get it. I have a large amount of apathy towards most everything in life. I don't even seem the point in menial tasks, like changing a burnt out light bulb or other things of the such. When I look at it, it seems very irrelevant to the grand scheme of things, whether I comb my hair one day, or anything else of the sort.
My girlfriend says I'm lazy. I don't think I am, though.
So anyone out there want to tell me what makes them go through life? What makes you want to get a degree in college or work 50 hours a week at your job? Or even, what makes you want to get out of bed on your days off (where you have nothing planned)?
Answers:
Setting goals for yourself will give you something to wake up out of bed for.
The basic steps on the ladder of motivation are (if I remember correctly):
Survival
Shelter
Love
Belonging
Self-Actualization
Some people strive for happiness. Some people want to find ways to help others.
People get a degree in college and work 50 hours a week because they need the money for food and shelter. They also might need to take care of their loved ones. People work for survival.