discover motivation through enjoyment

Today I wanted to get to work to finish my little valve controller relay. I’m enjoying making it and the enjoyment motivates me.

I’ve discovered that my evening hot chocolate has become an enjoyable source of motivation. I know that my chocolate signals the end of the day, so I work through my chores to get to it.

I’ve discovered some aspect of what I mean by this goal: being motivated by the enjoyment of work means not letting the work overwhelm me, but being proud of what I’ve achieved and stopping when I’ve achieved it and carrying on with something else.

I am planning to watch my birthday DVD one evening after work this week.

Apart from getting a book that I thought I would enjoy (and did), I really enjoyed spending most of a Sunday reading the webcomic “Questionable Content”, and I want to get a stability ball just because it’s fun. I’m still not sure what I mean by this goal, but these are examples that strikes the right chord.

I’ve just ordered a book. It seems like an interesting read, and I might like it, and it came on good recommendation.

I was curiously reluctant to buy it. It is my annual book buy with my loyalty points, and for some time I have thought that I should buy something, but I was reluctant to get this title. Too many “what if’s”. In the end I realized that I did not have any other title in mind, so I got it.

I should have been thinking more of how much I would enjoy it and less of how much value I would get out of it.

Today I enjoyed a foam bath with a magazine.

Today I ate a pecan-nut pie. It was a slightly impulsive thing, but I enjoyed it. (I didn’t say anything about being able to afford it the things I enjoy.)

Yesterday I went to a public lecture. I enjoyed it.

Tonight I will be eating in a restaurant.

OK, starting fresh. My goal is to have thirty consecutive days of deliberately enjoyed activities.