Re:Ask HN: What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
by AnimalMuppet on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:59PM
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"Every morning when I get up, I look at a list of the 100 richest Americans. If I'm not on it, then I go to work." -- Ray Orban?
More seriously, yes, "not starving" is part of the reason. But also, at least some days, there are things that I genuinely want to do. Sometimes there are problems at work that I want to solve, or things I want to get working. Sometimes there are people I want to see, or entertaining things that I want to do. Sometimes there are things around the house that I want to do, if only to get them out of my hair.
And if there's nothing that I need to do at work or at home, and nothing on the calendar? Well, there are things that I do for fun - I'll go do one of those.
Re:Ask HN: What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
by burntoutfire on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:44AM
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On weekdays - the thought that my current job has a very good ratio of pay to unpleasantness and I should try to do a decent job there so as to not be fired in the next round of layoffs (which are coming soon).
On weekends - sometimes I don't get out of bed for most of Saturday... Just recuperating after 5 days of madness. Whenever do I have enough energy, I'm usually excited about exploring something - reading a new book, trying out a new video game, maybe cooking a new meal or finding new path for a walk around my home. But mostly, just the thought that this whole day is totally mine alone can set me into an excellent mood.
More seriously, yes, "not starving" is part of the reason. But also, at least some days, there are things that I genuinely want to do. Sometimes there are problems at work that I want to solve, or things I want to get working. Sometimes there are people I want to see, or entertaining things that I want to do. Sometimes there are things around the house that I want to do, if only to get them out of my hair.
And if there's nothing that I need to do at work or at home, and nothing on the calendar? Well, there are things that I do for fun - I'll go do one of those.
On weekends - sometimes I don't get out of bed for most of Saturday... Just recuperating after 5 days of madness. Whenever do I have enough energy, I'm usually excited about exploring something - reading a new book, trying out a new video game, maybe cooking a new meal or finding new path for a walk around my home. But mostly, just the thought that this whole day is totally mine alone can set me into an excellent mood.
Seriously, though, was that a generic question, or are you feeling depressed/unmotivated?
I love my cats :)