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Become a Raging Bull: Why I am Driven And Why You Should Be Too

Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Ashwin in Blogging motivation

Too many people lead their lives without a sense of purpose; they live it because they should. Each morning has no meaning to it and nothing to look forward to. Living becomes existence and there wouldn’t be any place for happiness since you are so full of frustration. For one, I don’t want to live a life like that. How do I keep myself motivated? Here are a few ways I do it.

What are you if your work doesn’t define you?

Pick a celebrity, a sportsperson and some businessmen — what they do each day defines their very existence; it is what they are known for and it is what they wake up each morning looking forward to do it again and again. For these winners, there are no weekends, no Thank-God-It’s-Friday(TGIF), no vacations and no holidays ;they don’t even need these things. Holidays, weekends and vacations are for escapists — for those who want to escape the daily grind of commute and work.Not that I don’t like to take vacations, but it is just an afterthought for me.

That’s why it is important to make an ardent effort to find your calling; do what it takes to find that one thing that you love doing. In my case, it took me 11 jobs, hardcore job-hopping and a completely rebellious attitude to help me find something I love doing everyday and that is blogging.

Your work should define you. If it doesn’t, change tracks; do something else.

When you know that every hour pays, would you throw your money into the gutter?

For a web-worker, freelancer, business person and for many more people in the world — no matter how you want to look at it — all of us are paid by the hour (even salaries and retainers are!). I don’t know what your worth is on a per hour basis and I am not about to tell you mine.

The point isn’t a dumb comparision excercise; it is more about what you choose to do with your money.

If your worth per hour turns out to be $ X per hour, a movie just cost you $ 2X + price of movie tickets. Just waiting for a train on a platform costs me $ 1.5 X to $ 3X + the price of travel. The other day, I choose to sleep for 5 hours bang in the middle of the day and that cost me a whopping $5X — this money could have paid my bills.

So, which gutter did you just throw your wad of bills into?

Frankly, I really get bored when I don’t do anything

The TV has trash in it; friends are often too busy working or chasing things they don’t really want to own. You can only spend so much time with parents, spouse and children. I get bored at home during the weekends, in spite of having a lifestyle that many people might think is “enviable”.

I love the Internet and all things that come with it — including blogging.  I don’t read the newspapers (you can do yourself a favor and avoid the depressing news),but I do read other blogs, interact and make friends all over the world.I am intrigued at the amount of information available on the Internet. It amuses me that more than 3/4ths of the world didn’t even wake up to embrace the Internet yet.

I am glad I found something to do in my life that pays for that I love to do. If you haven’t already, you should set that up as your primary goal and do what it takes. Once you do that, please feel free to share it here with us. You may chronicle your journey too

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