When she opened the door, she found her TI-83 arrived... Ahhh the six foot tall dark and handsome robot she'd ordered for the night.... Whoops! ..... *ahem* ... Wrong blog, let me start again...... *giggles*
For my next class, I enrolled in an online math class; figured it would be short and sweet, get it over with in the summer! With the heat here, we stay indoors a lot anyhow.... so..... but had I known, I might not have enrolled in this class!!
The course itself = $273, and financial aid covered that :) But then all the little things crept in. After all the information arrived (which of course was AFTER I enrolled and paid my tuition), I found I didn't have to purchase a book, but the online class access fee was $42.95. On top of that, I was informed that I had to have a TI-83 calculator! And of course, those are $100!!! But there's a place that rents them for $9/month. Ok, that's do-able!
The said calculator arrived today. Signature Required meant a trip to the post off (which was good, because I had two things to ship out...... ) When I arrived home and opened the package, to my surprise, there was a "gift" included in the package... a No.2 Pencil with eraser cap, and a 6" plastic ruler (watch out IRC fellas, I can now take measurements!!! hahahah) By the way, there are more commands on this thing than I know what to do with! ~~grin~~
The class was supposed to start on June 1, but me, being an eager beaver, wanted to get a jump on it, and started on Sunday, perusing and learning how to use the online tutorials and such. By Monday, I figured out where the homework assignments were being stored. So I got the first one done. To my disappointment, when I logged back in on Tuesday, there was a new assignment posted .... and an instruction for me to retake the first homework assignment. UGH!! I cannot get ahead if I have to keep going back!!
Is it August yet ??????? HUGS to everyone!
Where does it come from? How do we get it? If, or when, we lose it, how do we get it back? Why are some more motivated than others? These are the questions that have been on my mind in the past couple of weeks, as I've been struggling with finding some motivation. So of course, I first turn to Google:
motivate - To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage
motivation - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose
We have all heard that in order to get ahead, we need to be motivated. But how?? The way I see it, there are two different kinds of motivation: internal and external. The external kind is the such where you're told to do a task at work; not doing it might get you fired. Or, like me, you view work tasks as a challenge, and get the tasks done. There it is: your motivation. But the other motivation is internal, and something we can control for ourselves. It comes from setting goals. And usually those goals are something we desire. Let's say you want a better job. You find what skills you may need for that job, seek out a way to learn those skills, and then you're ready for a change. The better job is motivation to learn something new (even when its not something you're really fond of, like math!) But, you do it, because its part of the goal you set for yourself.
When we're growing up, our parents are our motivators. They motivate us to do well in school, to clean up our room, and to make good choices. Later in life, there are many people who motivate and inspire us. They lift us up through kind thoughts, words and actions. Then there are the down side motivators, "sex, drugs, rock and roll" ... so to speak :) They take us out of a space we are in, into another space where we feel motivated to do, be and act differently.
But what happens when we think we've lost our motivation? Where do we find it? and how do we get it back? Each of us has a deep source of motivation that is available anyplace, anytime. I think the best motivation comes from within, through the Soul. And if you look hard enough, deep enough, I think you'll find that it's been there all along. We are born with it. We just need to remember.
If you think you’ve lost yours, look again. You may be surprised to discover, it has always been there, just like mine :)
HUGS to everyone!!!
