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iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:24 am	Post subject: Your motivation Is it normal that your motivation goes up and down? You're motivated some days, but you're not motivated other days?


Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:36 am	Post subject: Not unless you happen to be a robot!

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:23 pm	Post subject: Very normal to find your motivation goes up & down. It can depend on many things....how much sleep you've had, time of year, success (or not) in what you're doing, even the phases of the moon! It's when it goes down & stays there that you have to start worrying!

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:28 pm	Post subject: Thais wrote: ... even the phases of the moon! Ok, when do people get less motivated in term of the phase of the moon?

venus Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:44 pm	Post subject: It's definitely normal!

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:44 pm	Post subject: Also sometimes your inspiration wanes, and that's time to put it aside for a while and do something else if you can... no good in burning out! It's like when you play too much chess, you get "chess-blind" after a while, and you can't even play a half-decent game anymore... nothing to worry about, but best to rest it out a while

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:20 pm	Post subject: There is this cycle, and there are times that you just cannot win, even if you have a weak opponent.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:55 am	Post subject: Exactly! You know for sure it's time to leave the game alone for a month or two when you start making "involuntary" queen sacrifices, and similar crazy moves! I mean, anybody with an ELO rating of over 1700 shouldn't be performing such odd moves normally.

capebretoner Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:33 pm	Post subject: I would have to say that it is normal, I find that I can be motivated in the morning to get a lot of work done throughout the day, but something will happen and I will lose all motivation and not get anything done in the afternoon. Anyother example is that I spend 15 mins in the morning getting ready so that I can go to the gym after work all pumped to get on the bench, but when the time comes I can just barely drag myself down there

venus Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:25 am	Post subject: hormone changes affect me. I love substituting (elementary school) but I don't even feel motivated to do that 2morrow. Definitely not normal for me:(

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:56 pm	Post subject: What about when you just can't put a task down? Is that the opposite extreme then?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:40 pm	Post subject: Scolls wrote: What about when you just can't put a task down? What do you mean by that?

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:56 am	Post subject: Like being sort of over-motivated. Some days you can't pick a task up, while others you just can't put it down.

frankcow Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:15 pm	Post subject: It's good to set up some sort of means to re-motivate you on a regular basis like a subscription to a fitness magazine

jpd1975 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Location: nj Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:00 pm	Post subject: My wife and son are mine........

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iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:24 am

Post subject: Your motivation

Is it normal that your motivation goes up and down? You're motivated some days, but you're not motivated other days?

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:36 am

Post subject:

Not unless you happen to be a robot!

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:23 pm

Post subject:

Very normal to find your motivation goes up & down. It can depend on many things....how much sleep you've had, time of year, success (or not) in what you're doing, even the phases of the moon! It's when it goes down & stays there that you have to start worrying! Surprised

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:28 pm

Post subject:

Thais wrote:

... even the phases of the moon!

Ok, when do people get less motivated in term of the phase of the moon?

venus

Joined: 18 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:44 pm

Post subject:

It's definitely normal!

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:44 pm

Post subject:

Also sometimes your inspiration wanes, and that's time to put it aside for a while and do something else if you can... no good in burning out!

It's like when you play too much chess, you get "chess-blind" after a while, and you can't even play a half-decent game anymore... nothing to worry about, but best to rest it out a while

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:20 pm

Post subject:

There is this cycle, and there are times that you just cannot win, even if you have a weak opponent.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:55 am

Post subject:

Exactly! You know for sure it's time to leave the game alone for a month or two when you start making "involuntary" queen sacrifices, and similar crazy moves!

I mean, anybody with an ELO rating of over 1700 shouldn't be performing such odd moves normally. Laughing

capebretoner

Joined: 17 Sep 2005

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:33 pm

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I would have to say that it is normal, I find that I can be motivated in the morning to get a lot of work done throughout the day, but something will happen and I will lose all motivation and not get anything done in the afternoon.

Anyother example is that I spend 15 mins in the morning getting ready so that I can go to the gym after work all pumped to get on the bench, but when the time comes I can just barely drag myself down there

venus

Joined: 18 Aug 2005

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:25 am

Post subject:

hormone changes affect me. I love substituting (elementary school) but I don't even feel motivated to do that 2morrow. Definitely not normal for me:(

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:56 pm

Post subject:

What about when you just can't put a task down? Is that the opposite extreme then?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:40 pm

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

What about when you just can't put a task down?

What do you mean by that?

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:56 am

Post subject:

Like being sort of over-motivated. Some days you can't pick a task up, while others you just can't put it down.

frankcow

Joined: 26 Jun 2006

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:15 pm

Post subject:

It's good to set up some sort of means to re-motivate you on a regular basis

like a subscription to a fitness magazine

jpd1975

Joined: 27 Nov 2007

Location: nj

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:00 pm

Post subject:

My wife and son are mine........

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