Comments on: Maybe Comotivate will motivate me

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:27:43 +0000

Okay Matt, you’ve set me the challenge there … will try to make some progress in the next couple of weeks! I was about to list a bunch of excuses why I might not (in-laws coming from Switzerland was the first one) but … excuses are just excuses, really.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:15:18 +0000

Hey Amanda
So cool that you registered on comotivate…I’m really hoping to get more people sign up with diverse goals and yours is such a great one. I think writers especially can draw inspiration and motivation from each other so fingers crossed. I’ll have a think about where else I might be able to ‘go fishing’ for more people to know about the site. In the meantime, I’ll check back here in two weeks and I want to see progress girl! Good luck and thanks again.

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:21:53 +0000

Thanks for the encouraging words, Kate! But don’t congratulate me too soon in case I lose enthusiasm for the editing process, save the congrats for when I’m done

You make a good point about sometimes the motivation not really being there – but I’ve resolved to try to look at in another way and find a new positive part of the task that I’ll enjoy doing (or just give up and go pull weeds out of my garden… there are enough of them there).

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:18:48 +0000

Oops, sorry. Meant to say ‘when times are tough’.

KEEP ON GOING!! YOU’LL GET THERE!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:29 +0000

Congratulations on finally editing your manuscript! It’s really great reading about others’ writing journey as well.

I’d like to join you on that Comotivate site but I plan to tackle writing a novel later. I’d like to find a buddy for short story writing though. See how it turns out.

I also like reading Zen Habits as well and I like that post of Leo’s you mentioned. Although I tend to disagree a bit because there would be times you’d feel down and the motivation is gone. That’s why ‘commit’ is such a big word because you really have to hang in there when times are touch and stick with it no matter what. But I agree 100% with Leo that you have to focus on what you want, focus on the positive side of it so you’d have that ray of sunshine with you especially during times when everything plunges to darkness.