What motivates you to get up in the morning?
By _Cloe_
@_Cloe_ (6)
Bulgaria
February 12, 2010 9:36am CST
Well,as a person who really LOVES sleeping I often think about what motivates me to get up in 6.30am everyday in order to go to school... The answer is HARDLY ANYTHING! It's painful not to get enough sleep, to have to get out of my warm, comfortable bed and after that to have to put some clothes on (which takes quite a lot of time....). But there Are such things, for which I'm rather grateful. When I wake up the thought of my boyfriend gives me the stimulus to start the new day. We've been together for 2 years now and above being my partner, he's also my friend and my lover. Another thing that can motivate me to get up is the expectation of something exciting. I sometimes get quite bored with the every-day-the-same activities, but I almost always find something to wait for or to work for. Moreover I'm a very ambitious person and I put a lot of effort in studying and working for my future.
What I think we all should do is find a reason to open our eyes with a desire to start the new day, to go to school/work, to be kind, to smile, to hug, to kiss, to love, to be loved, togain experience, to learn, to LIVE.
So.. share. What stimulates you to start the new day?
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20 responses
@Ingkingderders (3832)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
Unpaid bills. LOL. I hate waking up in the morning and go to work. I don't like my job, and I just hate the idea that I have to do that every single working day of my life. The only thing that is pushing me is that I have bills to pay, and I have plans for my future that I need to save on, so I need to work. It's sad really, cause I would have given anything just to have the "I love my job so much that it's really not going to work, I love what I do" speech... I wish someday I could say that, and when that happens, my answer to your discussion would be totally different. 
@natjohn20 (200)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
I'm a heavy sleeper, sometimes there are days that I don't feel like waking up because of the stress that I've been through from the day before but what motivates me is my family, I have to keep in mind that I have a family to feed and I should wake up early in the morning to go to work and earn some income for my family to feed with. Its hard sometimes waking up early in the morning but the results are worth it, I have to do what I should suppose to do, help my family stand up from poverty and that what stimulates me to start a new day living my life. ^ ^
@chocolatelle (277)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
CHOCOLATE motivates me to get up in the morning especially the dark ones (up to 60% only). i eat chocolate 1 hour after my morning rituals. but not like 5 bars of chocolate. I just eat one truffle and that would really make my morning complete :)
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
That is the hardest thing to do in the morning, getting up early. I always wakes up at 6am ready for work and I always fight myself because my brain wants to get up but my body doesn't want to. When I got to wake up that early that is a huge success. But my body is lame everytime, I am weak. It takes me 15 minutes to go take a bath and even I already took a bath I am still sleepy. Even if I eaten my breakfast, I still feel sleepy. maybe I need to be inspired like you so that everyday will be important day for me.
@my_name_is_coco (4333)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
I love to sleep.if I could I would sleep all day I would.there are days that I wanted to sleep and never get up of bed.what motivates me to get up in the morning is to live a great life.seeing my family and friends motivates me to get up in the morning.having another day to fulfill my dreams motivates me to get up in the morning.
@zzyw87 (1254)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
Like you, I hate waking up early in the morning and leaving my warm big bed and blankets and pillows. I have to wake up every day at 7 in the morning. Or else I will be late for work. I actually have only around 5 to 6 hours of sleep every day. Something that motivates me to get out of my bed is seeing my friends and boyfriend. Sometimes, I also get up immediately if I have something exciting to do for that day.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
13 Feb 10
Back when I was in high school what motivated me was to see my crush. When I was in college, friends and hanging out elsewhere was definitely a motivation for me to wake up early. But now that I have a son, my son motivates me to wake up early. He is one of the reasons why I need to go out and work hard but at the same time enjoy life. To each has its own and all we just have to do is make the most out of it.
@MrKennedy (1978)
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13 Feb 10
What motivates me? The fact that I just need to get on with life, and that by staying in bed will only cause me more problems than what it is worth
On the whole, I enjoy life and what it brings, and I am quite the early bird, so I never sleep in beyond 7 a.m. even if I wanted to, to be honest
On the whole, I enjoy life and what it brings, and I am quite the early bird, so I never sleep in beyond 7 a.m. even if I wanted to, to be honest
@vigneshindian (203)
• India
13 Feb 10
well its quite simple expecting a very good day and smile i can see on my parents and also meeting my frds keeps me motivated to get up in the morning .
another obvious thing which motivates is u should be in office otherwise we wont get our salary so atlest for that sake i motivate myself to get up
cheers
@slbwyc (63)
• Singapore
13 Feb 10
I love sleeping and most time i have to get up. there is nothing motivate me but my parent's slap on my a s s. they thought it is good and essential to have an early get up and some exercise. therefore even i am not willing to do so and try to protest, but in vain. they still wake me up at 6 30 am, if sometimes i pretend that i did not heard anything, they will slap on my a s s and force me to get up
@oms_thetruth1990 (164)
• India
13 Feb 10
Hi...
My Work motivates me to get up in morning. as i m very punctual guy....
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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12 Feb 10
One of my cats (AKA the enforcer) stands on me while projecting mental commands...FEED ME FEED ME! Naturally I cannot resist this compulsion and I'm forced to crawl out of bed and obay. Resistance is futile! 
@delkar (1712)
• Romania
12 Feb 10
It`s so hard to get up in the morning . The only things that are motivating me to get up it`s that i must go to college, but sometimes i really sleep more, and i`m not going to college . When i have to go to exams i really have to get up . I think that i`ll be motivated when i`ll have a job and i`ll must get up early in the morning , or when i`ll have kids and i must go to see what they are doing in the night .
@uchihaseymour (1025)
• American Samoa
12 Feb 10
for now, im kinda stuffed in facebook apps lol. one of my friends, asked a deal on me; the deal was, if i reach a high level as high as hers, one who wins will have a treat in one of the famous Pizza station here in our place (very expensive), so i will not lose, i will not allow that to happen, that is why my urge in waking up is to look at and monitor our deal haha~, in school? nah, everything is expected at school. that was, i think, for me :D
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
13 Feb 10
Not to be late for work is a great motivator for me to get moving once I open my eyes in the morning. Not that I love my work. Actually I hate it. But I got bills to pay, so I'd rather be at work when I need to be. It helps that work for me is not that hard. And sometimes I can even myLot at work when it gets boring. Hopefully, one of these days I'd win the lottery so then I don't have to wake up early all of the time.
@hbk2244 (180)
• United States
12 Feb 10
I am not a morning person at all but I get out of bed every morning to go to work so I can provide for my family. As much as I enjoy sleep, even on my days off I get up some what early because life is short and you never now how much time you have left here on earth. So I take to make the best of it!
@charitylee (53)
• Taiwan
12 Feb 10
i must clean my home,buy vege food,wash clothes,brush floorand go to internet do some work is nice,and go to the meditation center to relex when the night ,i am so busy man,i did not know what is boring life,there are so many thing i want to try ,movie ,travel ,photo ,do video ,,
