I don’t
know about you, but I absolutely loathe any kind of motivational posters or
quotes.

Sabaton
songs are motivating. Reading
about great victorious battles of the past is motivating. The photo of a
smiling Simo Häyhä with a new rifle is motivating (OK, I’m weird, I know).
Inspirational
quotes are like that piece of chocolate someone offers to you when you’ve just
eaten a sandwich and don’t really want anything sweet. You eat it anyway,
because it’s chocolate and because you don’t want to offend the other person,
but you end up feeling a bit ill and perhaps angry (at yourself, not at them).
(I’m very
good at saying “no, thanks” when someone offers me edible stuff I don’t want,
but it was the best example I could come up with.)
I’m the
hassled type who always tries to do too many things at once. My to-do lists are
too long. I have trouble focusing on one or two important goals; I’ll try to
achieve five and fail. I’m painfully aware of this. If it’s possible to be
over-motivated, I probably am, and that’s why shallow motivational memes get on
my nerves. I’m beginning to suspect I need regular doses of Anti-Perfectionism
Serum (not the same thing as Laziness Serum!) to relax and actually become
productive.
There. Had
to get that out of my system before I get back to work.
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