Motivation

Motivation is an interesting subject that can be a factor in whether or not people are successful. For class on Monday, my group and I are doing a presentation on this subject. We are asking everyone in the class to take a quick online quiz that rates how motivated they are, and then gives a quick description of what their results mean. I myself took the quiz and I got a 31, and the results were as follows.


The other thing that we are asking everyone in the class to do is to write down a list of the top five things that motivate them to do the important things in their lives, as well as a list of the top five things that distract them from accomplishing things. I am excited to do this exercise because I am curious to see if we all share a lot of commonalities. As of right now my list for motivation would be as follows:
1. Excitement/something to look forward to
2. Money
3. My future
4. My family/friends
5. My self-image

The top five things that distract me right now would be:
1. Netflix
2. Hanging out with friends
3. Being tired
4. Being homesick
5. Being lazy/bored

I find it personally really hard to be motivated to do things unless I am truly excited about it. I tend to procrastinate and be lazy most of the time which is something I really need to work on. That is one of the reasons I am so excited to be doing a lesson on this subject so that I can hopefully teach myself something useful in the process.