PSY/355
September 15, 2014
Jermey Christensen
Source of Motivation Paper
Motivation is defined as the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way or the general desire or willingness of someone to do something. Everyone has motivating factor in their life reason they strive to be successful in life. For everyone the motivating factor are different someone people would like to be successful to prove a point to other who may have doubted them. For other it could be for the family in order to have a happy and full life. All though everyone has motive not everyone has the same motives in life some have good motive other have bad motive and some just have motive to survive.
I know that on source of motivation for myself would have to be my daughter she is my reason for everything that I do now. She is what drives me throughout the day to go to work and school. It isn’t easy being a single mother who has to do everything but she make everything I do worth it when she tell me she loves me it makes it all seem like it isn’t as hard. I think have her as a motivator in my life has really changed everything in my life compared to how I was prior to having her. My daughter as a motivating factor has increased my want, desire and need to be a successful and happy human being. I think back to before I had my daughter and realize I wasn’t as motivated as am now that I have her.
Prior to having my daughter my motivation was myself and my desire to be happy and have a good time. I never really planed out a future or better life it was just get through the day and have fun. Which now when I think about it was a sad life I lived to go out party and hang out with friends and really do nothing with my life. I worked a horrible dead end job with no chance of really going anywhere. It was not a career I was stuck living day to day not really trying to better myself but to go out and party and have fun. All