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What motivates you?

PositivePossum6Senior Contributor31 May 2025, 10:54 am AEST

What motivates you?

I ask the question so I will offer my answers:

1. Learning something new is always something that motivates me. I want to understand how things work so I am motivated to learn how things work!

2. My brother is a strong source of motivation for me; he motivates me to be a better person.

3. Spending time with new people and learning their stories, where they came from, what they have experienced - this is very motivating.

4. My best friends motivate me for sure!

5. I would also say that I am motivated to do the right thing for its own sake. For example, I volunteer once a fortnight visiting an older person who lives in an aged care facility. I see my person for 2 hours every fortnight.

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PositivePossum6Senior Contributor31 May 2025, 12:23 pm AEST

Re: What motivates you?

Thanks Shaz!

I hope I can get out today for a walk.

Do you like walking Shaz?

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Captain24Senior Contributor31 May 2025, 12:32 pm AEST

Re: What motivates you?

Pixie and Jett. Both chihuahuas @PositivePossum6

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Shaz51Senior Contributor31 May 2025, 12:32 pm AEST

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Can't walk for to long now @PositivePossum6 because of my physical problems

But I do like walking

What motivates you

@Dimity , @Oaktree , @Appleblossom , @Adge , @Glisten , @Jacques , @Determined

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BlackcloudSenior Contributor31 May 2025, 2:50 pm AEST

Re: What motivates you?

@tyme @PositivePossum6

Things that motivate me:

1. This forum and another mental health forum I'm currently active at (community wise) + talking to peer workers (and counsellors too but it depends) here & from other mental health services

2. listening to my favourite music. I've found that listening to music especially whist I'm doing a certain task is what really motivates me to actually do it than when i don't listen to my favourite songs.

3. going out for a walk

4. researching more about the things that I'm interested in learning and gaining more knowledge about

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor31 May 2025, 3:04 pm AEST

Re: What motivates you?

Maya and Ravelle

cats, food and doing the work whatever that is.

music and the garden

yep walking

also doing the right thing

I have had a rich volunteering life….

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JacquesSenior Contributor31 May 2025, 3:09 pm AEST

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Hi @Shaz51 what motivates me, that is a tough one. i thought being homeless would motivate me to get a job, but i was to terrified, i thought losing dad and mum getting older would get me to find some sort of a future, but to no avail.

i keep going for mum and my partner but im not sure i am exacly motivated, i just try to minimise my anxiety and support people close to me. i know a job is out of the question and moving to my partner when mum passes. so i need to make the most of what i have and try to make it last my lifetime.

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SemlySenior Contributor31 May 2025, 4:49 pm AEST

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I wish I could say something genuine or inspiring but I feel really awful today and not motivated at all.

Yet I’m sitting here in the sunshine under a tree which is good, right?

And I guess I’m here because it’s the right thing to do? Like, all the wisdom is, no matter how crap you feel, do something?

In my head I know that the gof doing things even when you feel blank or bad is that the badness leaches away over time (at least somewhat) out of the memory, so that then you have memories of sun on leaves instead of the sameness of the inside of your own four walls.

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BlackcloudSenior Contributor31 May 2025, 4:59 pm AEST

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@Appleblossom Those precious cats! They’re both so cute and cuddly ❤️

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor31 May 2025, 5:11 pm AEST

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@Blackcloud lol… they are also showing good team spirit…lol… one was playing with a ball this morning… lost it behind the bookcase, I found it, and then 2 of them pawed it to each other. Beaut and cute. Little moments.

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NightFurySenior Contributor31 May 2025, 8:06 pm AEST

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@PositivePossum6 what motivates me?

1. This forum at the moment and the support that I get from others here.

2. My dog, Luna. She needs me.

3. My niece. I want to be an active participant in her life. I want to help her grow up and to navigate life.

4. Hope that things can get better.

5. Having something to look forward to.

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