This has been something that I’ve really been playing with. I am curious to ask what makes you get up in the morning? For me it’s been a struggle recently, I work a job that’s mostly on call so I don’t have to work much. I have a few hobbies but none of them are very outgoing since moving to a new city. What keeps you motivated? Any recommendations for meeting people in your late twenties?
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Caffeine.
I need money to live life
My bladder.
My alarm. I have bills
All of the above so far. Work, bills, caffeine and alarm 🤷 that’s about it. Once I’m awake though, I look forward to playing cricket 🏏
Debt
Coffee, gasoline, tire smoke.
As for waking up in the morning .. ambition. I want to make lots of money and never have to worry about financial insecurity.
As for meeting people, I started Warhammer back up after not doing it for 20 yrs. It’s a great way to meet people too. Any hobby that gets you out of the house would probably get you there. Volunteering is good too, an added bonus is you can network. I’ve heard company board members and others will network that way.
Bills
That first line of tina
I honestly like working! Up early and get going!!
I used to live going to sleep and hate waking up, since I had a life threatening event its the opposite now. It’s good to be alive, most days 😉.
I’m interested in life.
Some sort of desire to be in decent shape, physically. I’m no discipline “influencer” by any means but unfortunately no one is gonna do it for me. Other than that, what gets me up.. idk. Societal conditioning I suppose lmao
Gotta pee.
Responsibility.
I’m a lot older than 30. I get up each morning because I see each day I wake up to be a gift.
being financially responsible for three teenagers a wife, two dogs, 20 chickens, 8 ducks and two horses.
Usually bladder, or potentially my toddler kicking the hell out of my ribs. Then it’s just grinding away at the day trying to keep a smile from becoming my death mask. I drive some 35 miles to VPK with a toddler then go about the job. Then so it all in reverse. I think sheer audacity gets me up and unbridled resistance to the entropy of the universe keeps me going.
The dreams that lead to “wood”.
The need to pee
It’s a toss-up between my bladder, my dog, or meeting friends at 6:15am for a run. In no case do I actually want to get out of bed. Alas, obligations.
My son has to pee and for whatever reason I have to go with him. 😑
My Children are the only reason I do anything
My wife, my kids, my desire to set myself and my family up for long-term success.
My wife is financially fine herself (physician), but my work is the “fun money” and lets us take cool trips and have nice stuff, so I still am a big part of the overall picture.
Ultimately, it helps to feel like I’m doing this all for a “mission” rather than just because I have to to survive.
My alarm
The fact I’ll be homeless if I don’t get out of bed and go to work.
I’m usually standing to attention every morning upon waking
The gym, for me. I used to always work out at night but now I have to be done in time to get my kids up and out the door before work, so I’m up by 5:00 most days.
The thought of getting out of shape and not being able to keep up with them on the playground and at baseball and track and gymnastics and golf etc etc keeps me going. Before I was married and had kids o just didn’t want to get fat because I wanted to get laid, haha (brutal honesty ). But I was able to work out after school/work before I had the responsibilities that come with kiddos.
My wife and kids and job. Without them, I would be a complete fucking mess. Before that, I asked myself the same thing. I’d usually snap out of it once I consumed a dumb amount of caffeine or listened to music to distract myself from my own thoughts.
On work days, well, I need the money. On weekends, only things that have a set schedule in the morning. Otherwise screw that, I’m snoozing another hour or two because my bed is cozy and rest is good. My circadian rhythm does not work well with mornings, so I usually just get more done later in the day anyway.
Child one and then child two.
Survival
Kitties need food.
Need to work for money for kitties’ food
The need to piss
The 6 people in the home that need me to work to survive.
What gets me up in the morning is my bladder. I’m old. I’m very fortunate that it doesn’t get me up during the night.
I like my job; weekends are a bit tougher to motivate, but I manage well-enough.
My tuxedo cat
Insomnia. No point in staying bed when I won’t fall back asleep, so I do stuff.
Sometimes my blood sugar being low. Sometimes my cat. Usually my alarm to get up and make my kids lunches for school.
Money. If I don’t work then I’m homeless
The great taste of Charleston Chew!
Bladder, dog, alarm, morning sex.
Become a regular somewhere like a coffee shop or bar. Take a class. Volunteer.
My bladder
My bladder. Several times.
Specialty coffee and 30 minutes of silence before the kids wake up
Woody
As a rule, it’s either sunrise or the alarm clock.
My darling child is the reason I get up in the morning. Usually she’s yelling wake up at me.
I don’t feel like cleaning up dog messes
Coffee. Just the thought of fresh coffee makes me jump out of bed. Seriously. LOL. No kidding!
Today, I’m in the energetic days of the adhd caused depression cycle, I’ll probably be hyperactive and unable to sleep properly for a few days, I’ll be waking up early, anxious and motivated to do stuff, this will last for a week at best. Then I’ll start declining slowly, in a couple weeks I’ll probably be crawling out of bed at noon or later, completely devoid of any motivation, this can last for weeks sometimes. And the loop continues.
So in my active mood states I get up because I want to, I have things I want to do or I simply feel energetic. In my low mood periods, it depends. On weekends I usually have plans so I get up due to a sense of duty, otherwise I’ll be spending most of that time in bed. On workdays it’s either panic that a work deadline is around the corner and I need to get stuff done, or it’s to keep up appearances.
This is a very exhausting way to live, I sometimes wonder how many more of these cycles I can take before I lose my mind.
Pain.
My dog jumping on my chest for breakfast
My four year old screaming daddy daddy and shaking me
Typically a child yelling
The girl on checkout 5 in the supermarket
Work. It helps that I don’t hate my job (first responder. On my days off, working out. I go to a fitness kickboxing spot and then head to the gym right after. If I do those on my days off, I’ve done the bare minimum for myself and I allow myself to be a couch potato if nothing else is going on the rest of the day.