What motivates you?

[warpig3]

Following on from something Ray said in Supernicks post. What motivates you, I am not motivated by money either, happiness is priceless and I would rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable.

I do know a few people who are motivated by money, in fact they seem to be consumed by it, but although they are quite wealthy and self made people I don't envy them at all because rather than enjoying their hard earned gains they just seek to have more, what do you think, what motivates you?

warpig

[Loosehead]

Money cannot buy happiness but it does give you a higher standard of misery!

[bigmamma]

Hi warpig sweetie :-)
When I moved to Australia I was motivated by a zest for change in a new country and travel as I had never been out of Britain before that .
These days I don't get motivated . it's as much as I can stir up the motivation to put my coat on and go out the door ! :-) xx

[warpig3]

I know the feeling big mamma! Sometimes I am motivated by food!

[bigmamma]

Food ......lol warpig , now thats my motivation today , I can go out at lunch time and get some food ...yay :-0)

[rabbitygirl]

Hi there warpig3! What motivates me at the moment is trying to get ourselves ready for retirement in a few years. I have spent my life mostly poor and happy, made my own and the kids clothes, worked in all sorts of jobs, some menial and can give lessons in silk purses from sows ears. But when you approach non earning years with a cr@p pension ahead, private and state, you'd like not to live like Ma Walton.
Rich and miserable? I'd like the chance to find out if the first would make me the second!!

[smudge]

Money - well:

Our happiest times were when we were first setting up home, starting off with mainly second hand furniture (new double bed mind). Fitted carpets were out of the question, so had Marley tiled floors downstairs, lino in the bedrooms, along with a few scattered rugs. A bit like what everyone seems to be doing these days!

We lived from week to week, watching the pennies, but we managed, without the need to borrow money from anyone.

As time went on & after having two children, I went back to work climbing the ranks earning a large salary, company car & all the benefits in kind.

Yes, we're better off than we were financially (not rich by any means) & have a happy life with our extenended family, but we will never forget how we started out & are very proud to have achieved what we have done over the years.

On the other hand, we know of people who started out the same as us, but act as though they've always had money, bragging along the way. When deep down, we know they are not a happy as they could be!

What motivates me? Taking our beautiful, happy granchildren to the woods, park or swimming - the simpler things in life!

[warpig3]

Morning RB, hope you had a good holiday. I know what you mean, when we were kids, mum and dad had very little money and mum used to make our clothes and I know that everything was a struggle but when my mum reminises about those times she says they were the best times and she was happiest then despite circumstances.

[warpig3]

Oops that was meant to be RG:-o)

[smudge]

*as & *grandchildren!

[warpig3]

smudge heres an extra three stars ***

You hit the nail on the head!

[bigmamma]

That was lovely to read smudge love :-) xx

[rabbitygirl]

Had a quick look here and assume I am RB!!! Holiday very good but the food poisoning (dodgy baggy in France) is taking its toll!! Haven't even managed to get up to the houses this week. So understand your mum and you know it feels strangely odd to go off and buy something now when before you went without, saved or bought 2nd hand. Maybe we valued things more that way.

[smudge]

Wow, thank you warpig!

I can honestly say our 'happiest' times were when we were struggling along trying to make ends meet.

Mum & Dad did the same. Just before Mum died, she said to me "You've been a lovely kind daughter to us" & gave me a little blue cameo ring out of her jewellery box. Do you know, that ring means more to me than the �200 & �1,000 all ten of us received after Dad, then Mum passed away. Oh, I'm bawling now just thinking about it......

[smudge]

Thank you too bigmamma, hope you're feeling better. -xx-

[neo.]

Beer motivates me...i work hard all week to pay for beer at the weekend

[Champagne]

I'm very motivated when I realise that i'm making a good impression on people or events surrounding me. I'm not driven at all until I get feedback that i'm making a difference, then that makes me very motivated and excited and sometimes a bit competitive!

I'm also motivated by a glass of champagne. If I knew I was going out drinking champers tonight I'd be wishing the day away!!

I'm motivated by any creative/art project that I have to do. And I'm motivated by anything that I'm in charge of, especially if it involves managing people.

I'm motivated by a nice night in with a tasty meal, a lovely bottle of wine and a good DVD.

And I'm motivated by shoes.

[Meg888]

When i was younger i was motivated by the simple life & the realism that if i worked hard enough i would achieve it. All i wanted was to have a good job, buy a nice house, get married and have children - not be rich - but comfortable. I achieved that in 10yrs - but found i had married the wrong man, I was then motivated by the need to leave. I left him taking my daughter & started again in a furnished flat with just a few personal bits. The dream started again, to get a nice house and be happy. I bought what i thought was my dream home, I had no furniture and made do with second hand bits, optimistic that i would "get there in the end" I went a year without cooker or a washing machine & central heating. not long after i met my partner, who i might add is absolutely wonderful - complete opposite of my ex in every way - but have suffered serious financial despair ever since. I am now selling my half done up "dream home" to try and solve the financial problems & my new motivation is to reduce my mortgage, pay off my debts & buy some new furniture! I am 36 & for the past few i've been "starting again". this will be my 3rd move in 5yrs - I am motivated only by happiness & contentment - but if the last few yrs have taught me anything, it's sadly that you need money to do it, otherwise everything else is thwarted by stress.

[neo.]

Champaign...ive seen your photo on here.....and believe me...you do make a good impression on everyone you meet

[Octavius]

People always assume that you can either be poor and happy or rich and miserable. People who become suddenly rich are often miserable because their life has transformed overnight and their friends are suddenly jealous or needy. People who are poor are more often happy because they have accepted their lot in life, but deep down they will always yearn for more. Rich people have a lot more to lose, perhaps it is this that makes them �less� happy, but to determine they are miserable is often untrue, they just have a higher pedestal from which to fall.

I am motivated professionally by power, responsibility, success and financial gain or the associated rewards for my hard work. What make�s me happy is my wife and family and a secure home with a fulfilling life. The two combine to make me contented, and I would hope that man y on here would agree that I am quite a nice person really, and hardly ever miserable.

[Supernick]

I think I'm motivated by a fear of failure and disappointment

It's not really a negative thing as it drives me on, and keeps me resilient.