Things that inspire / motivate you.

Gustov · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:19

Hi guys,

What inspires you in life / gives you a real kick in the arse to sort things out?

I'll start off.

2.00 in this song gets me every time, just puts the hugest smile on my face and puts everything into perspective! A tad 'gay' I know

So what inspires you to live your life? Be it a story, a person, a song, a book, a film etc?

meghatronic · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:26

Gustov said:
'gay'

PMKeates · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:29

Money. Lots of it.

Cosimo · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:32

Gustov said:
A tad 'gay' I know

It explains a lot.

Gustov · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:33

haha FUUUUUUU, don't care what you say! That is an amazing rendition of 'Your Song'

cm1179 · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:38

love or hate the show (i personally love it) but john locke's story in lost i found incredibly motivating. music is what motivates me the most though, stone roses 'i wanna be adored' being a prime example.

Loony-Luke · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:41

What motivates me is seeing other people succeed in life and makes me want to succeed in doing the things that I love doing.

Grandmaster Fap! · 7 Feb 2011 at 22:53

Art inspires me, i never get tired of looking at Rembrandt or Turners paintings.

Somnambulist · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:41

Quality (in the Robert Pirsig sense).

Cosimo · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:45

PMKeates said:
Money. Lots of it.

That's certainly a great motivator.

doofer · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:47

My only ambition and indeed what keeps me motivated in life is to experience a state of absolute apathy. It's a lot harder to achieve than it sounds, so easy to just give up all the time.

Al Vallario · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:49

Stewy · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:06

Old people working on the tills in places like Tesco, I know it sounds harsh but I'm gonna make damned sure that's not me.

Chojin · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:07

doofer said:
My only ambition and indeed what keeps me motivated life is to experience a state of absolute apathy. It's a lot harder to achieve than it sounds, so easy to just give up all the time.

Just start not caring about things, start small with mundane things and don't deal with the bigger issues later

Vonhelmet · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:11

My children.

Though sometimes angelic harmonies help.

_Gizka_ · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:12

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"andy" · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:20

Stewy · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:20

Listening to it now...

Narj · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:28

Listening to Beethoven's "Eroica" 3rd symphony or Mozart's "Dies Irae" from his Requiem fires me up.

starfighter · 8 Feb 2011 at 00:31

StewartMG said:
Old people working on the tills in places like Tesco, I know it sounds harsh but I'm gonna make damned sure that's not me.

HAHA. Same,

harsh, but I know what you mean when I see supermarket workers in their green fleeces. Some look suicidal and I can understand why. Others seem happy which is possibly worse. how can you be happy doing that all day.

Not saying my job is perfect and compared to a celebrity or billionaire it might be as bad but it is acceptbable for now.

I have just been to the petrol station and the guy I see there most nights looks like he is about to die.

I am far from neat and tidy but this guy stinks of pee and works nights at a petrol station and is 50+.

Maybe it is because I am a bit scruffy and work nights but I hope to be abit less scruffy looking by his age and I hope to never smell of ammonia quite so badly, lucky although nights my job isn't quite as grim. Safe for now.