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I think the biggest thing to fix this motivation issue is giving people a reason to live again which probably speaks to the small goals thing you're talking about. Society's huge push to get everyone into the classroom and eventually into the cubicle may look good on paper, but it is a hell of depressing life for those who live it.
The only success I knew of growing up was going to college and getting a 9-5 job. For many, that's the case. I was always frustrated and unmotivated in my early twenties because that was the goal imparted on me by my family and it was depressing as hell. Hard to stay motivated when the end of the tunnel looks like a darker tunnel.
I don't blame our generation for being lazy and unmotivated. Every day we watch people living it up on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and Hollywood. They drive fancy cars, live in huge houses, vacation on huge yachts, etc., meanwhile, they tell us we should go to school, get a good job, and one day maybe we'll get to live like them. It is friggin impossible to ever buy a yacht, have a mansion, or drive a fancy car on a $70,000 dollar salary putting away 15%.
In fact, thanks to inflation, you probably can't even afford a tiny house and compact car without going into massive debt!
Setting bigger goals and seeing them be achieved by other people was big for me. I was one of those lazy people and it had nothing to do with my character, I just didn't have goals big enough to get excited about.
The only success I knew of growing up was going to college and getting a 9-5 job. For many, that's the case. I was always frustrated and unmotivated in my early twenties because that was the goal imparted on me by my family and it was depressing as hell. Hard to stay motivated when the end of the tunnel looks like a darker tunnel.
I don't blame our generation for being lazy and unmotivated. Every day we watch people living it up on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and Hollywood. They drive fancy cars, live in huge houses, vacation on huge yachts, etc., meanwhile, they tell us we should go to school, get a good job, and one day maybe we'll get to live like them. It is friggin impossible to ever buy a yacht, have a mansion, or drive a fancy car on a $70,000 dollar salary putting away 15%.
In fact, thanks to inflation, you probably can't even afford a tiny house and compact car without going into massive debt!
Setting bigger goals and seeing them be achieved by other people was big for me. I was one of those lazy people and it had nothing to do with my character, I just didn't have goals big enough to get excited about.
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