Motivation

Motivation.  That's what I've decided to blog about today.  I was going to blog about other mindless things, but I thought that since I have my first sketch of my outline of my newest project that I needed to have some motivation.

According to pychologytoday.com motivation is, "Motivation is literally the desire to do things.  It's the difference between waking up before dawn to pound the pavement and lazing around the house all day.It's the crucial element in setting and attaining goals-and research shows that you can influence your own levels of motivation and self-control"


Hmm... Interesting isn't it!  I've just started this new thing called 'running', and trust me I've needed plenty of motivation to get me started and going.  I found that looking at a really cute pair of pants that I want gets me running, just imagining myself in a size smaller pants makes my heart flutter a bit.  It's about doing whatever I can to get to those shorts, whether it be eating right or running, I am going to get them!

A great motivation for anyone,
especially in this summer heat!

I know what my motivation is for running, but what is it for writing?  Is it the idea that I will bring more literature into the world?  Perhaps it's the idea that I can blog my way through the process and I will be able to look back at it?  Is it to fulfill one of my childhood dreams?  I think that it is all of those reasons and more. 


Wait a second, the blurb of the article that I posted said something about goals.  Not one goal but many goals.  Now I've got to rethink this whole writing motivation.  I know for the running my small goals to reach are certain distances and certain sizes, but what about writing?  This is where the handy-dandy word counter gadget will come in handy!  I think that for every 10K words that I write that I'll have a small celebration on here, whatever that might bring about is up in the air.  That'll be my motivation, to celebrate with all of you!


Now I've set the goals and thought these motivation ideas in motion it's now time to see where this will take me!  I hope to get between 7K and 10K by this time next week, if not then I don't know!


Here's a thing for all you readers: What motivates you to write?  What goals have you set for yourself?  What shall my punishment be? Mwahahaha!  Don't mind me, my mind is just fried from being in the sun all day!