What Motivates You?

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Perhaps what you're really discovering, Chris, is that you envision a different kind of life for yourself. Something creative. Something that allows you to use your skills for good and not for evil. (Oh, wait, that's just me; insurance is the chosen career of Satan, you know.) And I encourage you to try to motivate yourself in your regular job-- but to also think outside of it. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? A travel guide? Have you ever wanted to be a silversmith? A filmmaker? A pastry chef? It is never too late.

I'm going to have to disagree with the last part. At some point it will be too late. For all of us. If we find ourselves living a life that is less than fulfilling, perhaps what we need isn't motivation to do something only that only marginally satisfies us, perhaps what we need is something different.

A career change isn't always practical at any given moment, but if there are things you'd rather be doing then you can always take a class or befriend people in that field, etc. At least then you're working towards fulfilling your dream. If you don't then one day you're going to wake up as an old man with fingers too bony and arthritic to do anything really useful.