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.
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.