Comments on: How to Stay Motivated Once Your Initial Enthusiasm Wears Off http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/how-to-stay-motivated-once-your-initial-enthusiasm-wears-off/ Making personal development fun Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Abe J http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/how-to-stay-motivated-once-your-initial-enthusiasm-wears-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Abe J Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:35:57 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=950#comment-2032 See the only problem with that seventh step is i resort to it every opportunity I get. I'll starts tons of projects, but once that initial motivation goes away, I no longer can work on the project. And I feel like If I keep quitting, I might as well just spend all my time watching TV, seeing as I'm not getting anything done. See the only problem with that seventh step is i resort to it every opportunity I get. I’ll starts tons of projects, but once that initial motivation goes away, I no longer can work on the project. And I feel like If I keep quitting, I might as well just spend all my time watching TV, seeing as I’m not getting anything done.

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/how-to-stay-motivated-once-your-initial-enthusiasm-wears-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Vlad Dolezal Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:46:18 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=950#comment-2019 @Anon: This is just a shot in the dark, but - I have a little bit of experience with that myself, being a blogger :) Maybe it's because with the boring projects, you don't really care how they turn out, you just churn them out and are done with it. Whereas with the ones you love, you CARE about how they turn out... so you worry about making them perfect, sometimes you only feel 85% awesome instead of 100% awesome so you feel your writing wouldn't be that great, you spend too much time thinking and none doing... Does that explanation feel right? Or am I completely off :) I'll have a think about how to handle that, and get back to you ;) @Anon:

This is just a shot in the dark, but – I have a little bit of experience with that myself, being a blogger :)

Maybe it’s because with the boring projects, you don’t really care how they turn out, you just churn them out and are done with it. Whereas with the ones you love, you CARE about how they turn out… so you worry about making them perfect, sometimes you only feel 85% awesome instead of 100% awesome so you feel your writing wouldn’t be that great, you spend too much time thinking and none doing…

Does that explanation feel right? Or am I completely off :)

I’ll have a think about how to handle that, and get back to you ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/how-to-stay-motivated-once-your-initial-enthusiasm-wears-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 Anonymous Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:12:20 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=950#comment-2018 Hey Vlad, I have a motivation-issue question you may have some insight on. I was talking to a fellow writer the other day and was surprised to hear her express a problem I've had for years. She and I both make our livings writing, so it's not just a hobby, although I'd say we both love it like a hobby as well as enjoy it as a job. Anyway, we both find that when we're hired for boring writing projects, whether they pay well or not, we just shoot that stuff out, no problem. But give us an assignment for an idea we love, and a deep-seated work avoidance takes over. We sit at the computer and stare; we come up with busy work to waste time. I over-extend the research end of the project to avoid the writing end. What's going on here? Why would we (and other creative types I know) avoid the work we ought to love the most? What would be some strategies to get around this self-defeating behavior? Hey Vlad, I have a motivation-issue question you may have some insight on. I was talking to a fellow writer the other day and was surprised to hear her express a problem I’ve had for years. She and I both make our livings writing, so it’s not just a hobby, although I’d say we both love it like a hobby as well as enjoy it as a job. Anyway, we both find that when we’re hired for boring writing projects, whether they pay well or not, we just shoot that stuff out, no problem. But give us an assignment for an idea we love, and a deep-seated work avoidance takes over. We sit at the computer and stare; we come up with busy work to waste time. I over-extend the research end of the project to avoid the writing end. What’s going on here? Why would we (and other creative types I know) avoid the work we ought to love the most? What would be some strategies to get around this self-defeating behavior?

]]> By: John2u http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/how-to-stay-motivated-once-your-initial-enthusiasm-wears-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 John2u Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:22:56 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=950#comment-2001 Great blog. I have two additional motivators for you. 1.Dedicate the project or event to someone special to you. We often find additional motivation when we can focus on our love or admiration to someone else. 2. Some have very little self motivation - they need the accountability to someone else. It is their idea and their project, but they need someone to expect completion of them. Great blog. I have two additional motivators for you. 1.Dedicate the project or event to someone special to you. We often find additional motivation when we can focus on our love or admiration to someone else. 2. Some have very little self motivation – they need the accountability to someone else. It is their idea and their project, but they need someone to expect completion of them.

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