stay motivated

sometimes this is just really rough. like today!
even if i’m not feeling particularly motivated for the day, i try to push through my stuff because i know its important to me. :)

A. About me and my blog project…
- My name is Dao. Hi. I’m 27.
- I think everyone needs a little adventure in their life.
- I am starting a collaborative blog for the austin adventurous (http://exploreaustin.blogspot.com).
- Maintaining an adventurous mindset/approach to life is very key for me.
- Having been somewhat of a vagabond the past three years I have collected some stories, photos, and videos.

B. Whom I Seek…
- someone sho is “amazing” not necessarily talented (I am just beginning myself) but is passionate about creating images.
- dependable and on time.
- would like to set aside a specific time to take pictures

C. Let’s connect!
dal_nguyen (at) yahoo.com
Myspace.com/daguyver







keywords: photography, adventure, fun, pictures, explore

I feel like absolute crap today. Just another one of those days. Whining like a little bitch makes me laugh knowing how 43thingers will laugh at my patheticness. Breathe. Shit man, I really need to identify what is going on inside this head of mine.

I tried getting outside of myself by taking my daily walks but that only goes so far. I am not seeing results, or if there are (results) they are very minute.

I live in Austin and was going home from a bike ride from the cemetery (where I go to figure things out, make adjustments, change my perspective or my procedure) when I spotted the man himself, Lance Armstrong. I waved a biker’s hello to him and he waved back.

I don’t know him personally but to me he represents the ultimate motivated person. I mean, how do you get yourself to endure such pain to achieve a goal, again and again. Wowza. He’s got balls, or should I say “ball”. Plural or singular ball, it’s made of brass that’s for sure.

because “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you’ll get what you need”

Keep putting in and you’ll keep getting out, good luck to everybody in acheiving goals, be brave and keep smiling x

I want to follow my heart and find a job/ lifestyle that meets the needs of my greatest desires. In my DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE entry I listed six dreams—but now I have to motivate myself to follow through!

1 snowboarding—go AT least once a month; teach new learners
2 travel writing—take class/ read books teaching how
3 photography—take class/ enter contests
4 editing—take grammar class as a review
5 community college (English and teaching)—apply this Spring and then keep looking for full time jobs
6 somalia (sp?)—take classes

Ultimately it takes getting out there and DOING IT—okay, New Year’s Resolution, here I come!

I do get motivated, the problem is I easily get demotivated. I let people influence me so easily. I need to set a goal and stick to it or then i’ll never get anything done!

I’m displeased with the frequency with which I have been allowing myself to bum out over the past couple weeks. The antidote for that is that I now have the perfect possible job for my situation, which allows me to hang out in my apartment all day and do whatever the heck I want. There’s at least 5 solid hours of work to be done daily, but I can start and stop whenever i feel like (although working outside of the 9-6 bracket is gross), and 5 days of work pretty much pays my rent and living expenses for the entire goddamn month. I am going to try to rock the unicorn mountain thing out in the next few weeks, and I will decide on more projects after I move into my new place.

Ok: as of today my motiavtion is in the shitter. I’ve had this overload of good karma recently, which is obviously great, and which is partially due to me staying motivated through the year. But feeling basically good about the world (plus being low on food and no money ‘til yesterday) has broken the legs of my drive. I PROMISE YOU, 43 things dudes, that I am gonna go out and get a crummy job with crummy hours so that I have a reason not to nap all fuckin’ day. You just watch – I am still good at keeping promises.

later: motivation is better, because I have a lot of work to do now.

pps – I got a job that is basically so easy that it is hardly a job, that pays pretty well! And I ALMOST have all my stupid money and food. As of 6/18.

The task which takes up most of my time is something I don’t give a flapping damn about/am not being especially enriched by, so I REALLY, REALLY need to get better at working on some fly ish in my spare time.

I’d say my motivation level was at ‘zero’ right now, so let’s see what we can do to raise it to ten by the end of the week. (On a scale of 0-20, like.)

update: I’d say it’s six or seven. I did a lot of biking, which was nice.

For me, I think the problem is that I sometimes lose sight of what I’m working for. I need to identify a clear vision of who I want to be, what I want to be doing, and when. Hopefully, it will help keep me in line, decide where my priorities lie, and make me realize the consequences of my actions. Ah, procrastination*