r/GetMotivated • u/ellierwrites • Oct 09 '24
IMAGE One year [image]
Saw this on LinkedIn.
You'd be amazed how different you and your life could be if you dedicated just one hour to learning or building something for 365 days.
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u/stormquiver Oct 09 '24
Mine changed in less than a hour. Permanently disabled.
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u/sdonnelly99 Oct 10 '24
Completely understand. Not being able to work sucks. People don’t realize how much of Americans’ identities revolve around their careers and/or what they do for a living, and when you no longer are able to work, it’s so easy to lose your identity and begin to feel useless/like a burden to those around you.
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u/RubiiJee Oct 10 '24
This isn't really an American problem. It's a societal problem across most of the world. The first thing we do when meeting someone new is ask what they do for employment. As a society, we immediately link someone's identity to their job, which allows us to make a lot of assumptions about them, and their ability to consume. It's wild when you think about it but it's just the way we've learned to think as we've grown up.
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u/Myquil-Wylsun Oct 10 '24
What happened?
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u/Tngstnwzrd Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 26 '24
Screw it. Tomorrow morning is day one. Thank you.
*If anyone is curious. I've started day 1/365 successfully. Got up early got back in the gym. Studying again.
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u/RunInRunOn Oct 10 '24
Yeah, but here's the thing. It's always going to be tomorrow morning, up until you make it right now.
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Oct 10 '24
Yeah but there's only a limited amount of time in a day and it's sooo insane. Like I either have to prioritize working out, or reading, or interpersonal relationships.
There's no way to balance it.
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u/Cute_Bacon Oct 10 '24
I started a year ago. And eleven months ago. And ten months ago... And yesterday. A year of focused effort became a year of barely surviving. But I succeeded at that!
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u/yoho808 Oct 10 '24
Probably ADHD
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u/BeefyIrishman Oct 10 '24
Yup same here. I would love to get up off the couch and be productive...but I guess I'll do that later.
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u/koshercowboy Oct 10 '24
I don’t need to put that kind of pressure on myself.
This is Hype porn.
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u/tijdelijkacc Oct 10 '24
Yeah, my life changed significantly last year and now I'm burned out.
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u/koshercowboy Oct 12 '24
I hope you can get some well deserved rest. Treat yourself to a nice meal. 🥘
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u/FibbinUp Oct 10 '24
i actually did this this year. It will be one year next month. Lost 130 lbs and started bodybuilding.
Have enough shitty things happen to you and life truly becomes a comedy. You are literally faced with two options. Blow your head off or figure it out.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
Ughhh I am so close to blowing my head off. If I had a gun I’d already have done it. There is no rockbottom, you can always go lower, and the climb back will be so much longer.
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u/sdonnelly99 Oct 10 '24
Bipolar depression, severe fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic migraines, ADHD, insomnia, no sense of direction, and a complete lack of funding. As soon as I conquer those things, I’m sure I’ll be unstoppable 😜
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
Chronic Derealization/depersonalization, ADD, Extreme social anxiety, possibly misdiagnosed bipolar disorder lol, autoimmune illness, brainfog, depression and bad sleep pattern.
As soon as I get on top of that, WE will be unstoppable!! 😂😤💪
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u/DirectorElectrical67 Oct 10 '24
AuAHD
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u/StankilyDankily666 Oct 10 '24
Got the ol Australian Attention Disorder I see
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u/boatrat74 Oct 10 '24
No I think that's "Gold Acquisition for Heritage Diversification". One of those companies that does infomercials touting valuable metals as a long-term investment-hedging strategy.
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u/StankilyDankily666 Oct 12 '24
If you’re making that up then that was superior creativity. If not, thank you for teaching me something new lol
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u/Manic-Stoic Oct 10 '24
Nothing stopping me from starting today. I start today quite frequently. It’s day 5, day 30, day 150. A year is a long time and motivation doesn’t stick around.
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u/zool714 Oct 10 '24
I kinda get it. But one year is also 365 days. 365 days of focused effort can be draining and exhausting
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
Not if you’re an AI with unlimited resources slowly planning to take over the world.
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u/imsnk81 Oct 10 '24
I quit my job this year and started my business it took me 8 months to land my first contract, but it was worth it as it was twice my salary 🙏🙏
1 year can change a lot, and each your can compound and make your life completely different.
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u/Answerologist Oct 10 '24
Because one mistake that isn’t prepared for can change an entire life too, and it doesn’t need a whole year to do it either. It can do it in a split-second.
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u/Alfouginn Oct 10 '24
What's stopping me?
Simple, I don't know how to start.
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u/ArgonXgaming Oct 10 '24
Do you need help figuring that out?
Perhaps we can find something to get you started.
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u/Alfouginn Oct 10 '24
No thanks. As much as I appreciate the offer, I don't feel like getting into enough detail about myself and my life with strangers on the internet for it.
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u/abhishek-kanji Oct 10 '24
Waiting for 1st Jan to make dramatic changes to my life - missing the first day because I was too busy with other people on 31st. Then gaslighting myself into believing it was someone else's fault but I'll rectify it soon, and then bippity boppity boom - is already 10 months since then and I might as well wait for the next year. Can anyone else relate?
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u/Hairybeavet Oct 10 '24
"12 week year" book really helped on how to focus. Basically it took yearly goals and organized it into 3 month with strategies on how to complete them too.
It was an audible book if that helps.
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u/larryjilesjr Oct 10 '24
I just don’t believe I can achieve anything worth while and I just know I meant to be nothing and disappoint God.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
We are truly the NPC’s meant to fuel other ppl’s greatness. We are just here to fill some sorta void, which we long to go back to. Something here doesn’t feel right, like I shouldn’t be here.
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u/addictedtofit Oct 10 '24
This shitty job market. I’ve been told I’m overqualified, been ghosted, ignored, and treated like shit.
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u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 Oct 10 '24
reads this while on my 3rd year of Community College busting my ass
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u/i_am_dumb2 Oct 10 '24
People listen to me its not. That. Simple. Heres some tips ive gathered 1 get a spark of interest 2 dont overtry immediatly or youll just go back to normal 3 take away what you enjoy to create boredom to create motivation to do things (like electronics for example)
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u/Minidooper Oct 10 '24
It's spot on. I went from very little debt this year to loads after discovering I needed to redo our bathroom (major leak causing rot) and needing a new roof. Plus a baby on the way.
2024 can just get in the bin.
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u/KaiaButton Oct 10 '24
The fact that I live in a state where it’s impossible to move out of. And on top of it I have an over controlling mother and super toxic household. No matter how much I save my ex burns through it faster than I can think. My mother became a hoarder after my dad’s passing and cleaning has become much too difficult. You try cleaning around mountains of items you can NOT throw away or else it triggers a manic episode you’ve never seen before in your mother giving you ptsd even further over seeing your loved one evolve so crazily.
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u/racingdann Oct 10 '24
Journal your failure stories and see what better you can do. Once get that path and momentum you will be unstoppable
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u/ArgonXgaming Oct 10 '24
One year of daily effort sounds like an impossibility.
I can do a month, two at best, before burning out in a massive fire that makes all that work useless.
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u/Dougalface Oct 10 '24
What's stopping me? Inability to focus; daily.
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u/rogers_tumor Oct 10 '24
/~stimulant medication~/
I know, easier said than done.
but holy shit the difference
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
It was sooo great to be on Vyvanese, for like 4 hours and then the 12 hour crash came. Shit didn’t work for me :(
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u/Dougalface Oct 10 '24
Indeed - your answer is only more crushing however having already been declined a diagnosis and been pushed to the back of the (last time I heard) four-year long queue for reassessment.
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u/MajorOtherwise4606 Oct 10 '24
It's funny how we can cling to the idea of change while fearing the effort it takes. One hour a day sounds simple, but that commitment is where the real battle lies.
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u/JMSeaTown Oct 10 '24
What I’ve seen is most Americans drink alcohol on the weekends and caffeine on the weekdays to get energized about going to a job they hate…
that would be enough for a lot of people to not be motivated, but if that’s compounded with more than just weekend drinking, less than 7hrs of sleep, poor diet, and no exercise; then it’s going to be an uphill climb for someone to try and do the hard things daily that will give you a better life, both mentally and physically.
<insert prescription drugs to help depression/anxiety>
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u/Dogstar23 Oct 10 '24
Late stage capitalism? unable to get ahead at all.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
If you think this is late stage capitalism, oh boy. I think we got a long ways to go.
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u/Dogstar23 Oct 10 '24
Lol, oh yeah, sorry. We've got existential dread to monetise yet.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
When more than 50% of relationships is with either an online or robot AI, I think we’re getting there 😂💀
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u/pureblueoctopus Oct 10 '24
This year, I completely transformed my life by embracing the power of saying yes. In January, I had only a few friends, just two lifetime partners, and spent most of my time alone. I decided to step out of my comfort zone, creating a vision board and committing to say yes to every opportunity for a year. I joined dating sites, met incredible people, and even explored polyamory for the first time.
Now, in October, I celebrated my birthday with 17 amazing people, I'm in love with the woman of my dreams, and in addition I have two wonderful girlfriends. It all started with the decision to push myself forward, and now my life is better than I ever imagined possible.
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u/womeiyouming Oct 10 '24
You entire life can change in on sec. But it's rarely due to your own volition.
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u/HanCurunyr Oct 10 '24
My life flipped upside down in the span of 4 months, between March and June 2023 for causes completly out of my control and choice
My life has been slowly but surely improvong since, now fruits of my own labor and my own choices, I am now better than I was in March 23.
you will not have control of everything in your life, but for those you have, make and effort for them to be the best they can, it pays off
There is a saying in my country that, translated to english says:
Give coffee to face the things I can change
Give me beer to accept the things I cant change
Give me wisdom to tell them apart
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u/Simon_Bongne Oct 10 '24
I could use so much less nonsense motivational memes from LinkedIn in my life, to be perfectly honest.
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u/rogers_tumor Oct 10 '24
I started applying for jobs 10 months ago, where's my fucking change
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
You can always go sit on the pavement and put out a cup, I’m sure someone can spare some change.
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u/neelabhkhatri Oct 10 '24
Reddit needs me. I have to complete the 400 days basement dweller streak senor.
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u/siscoisbored Oct 10 '24
Lose interest in projects, got like 30+ unfinished projects that someone else did before me or i lost interest.
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u/Wolvesinthestreet Oct 10 '24
Next Monday I will begin!!! Like not this Monday, but the next one!! 1️⃣ 📈💯
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u/larryjilesjr Oct 10 '24
God gave me peace of mind this AM. God is the only thing that gives me any sense of purpose and contentment. But I stray everyday and end up in a pit of misery that I saturate with alcohol and tobacco and video games.
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u/solo-doughlo Oct 10 '24
Because I can't seem to be able to put forth the required daily effort for an entire year straight. I always get a lil momentum and then fall off and go back to the "easier" way of living.
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u/sucrilhos Oct 10 '24
I'm afraid all the effort would be wasted time.
I'm afraid to dedicate possibly 5 years in order to attain a career in my country's government.
I'm afraid of dedicating years of hard work (of working out or improving on a professional skill) and ending up regretting because 'it wasn't worth the squeeze'.
I'm afraid that my introvertedness would hinder any worthwhile progress because I live in an extroverted world.
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u/mlvisby Oct 10 '24
What's stopping me? Laziness, procrastination, possibly some depression mixed in.
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u/fuckmyabshurt Oct 10 '24
For that matter, a split second of effort or lack thereof on the part of someone you have no control over can completely change your life forever.
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u/ambivalent_pangolin Oct 11 '24
There's no reason left to keep trying. I have given my all more times than anyone else I personally know; and it was never good enough. Not good enough for my ex spouse, not good enough for employers, not good enough for friends, not good enough for me. I have tried so hard for so many decades, and lost what little I ever had. I'm done. I have no more "push" to give. That's why.
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u/GalaxyStrong Oct 11 '24
Bro, your entire life can change in like five fucking minutes. I don’t need to hear about this year bullshit.
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u/Alert-Sprinkles9312 Oct 11 '24
this is very true, 2024 has been that year for me where everything changed in a jiffy I lost everyone I once loved and life put me through great challenges just in "one" year
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u/LaceSweetUndies0 Oct 11 '24
We're our own enemies, for being self sabotaging and/or overdoing things. (And humanity in general made living more difficult)
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u/Kingofhearts1206 Oct 11 '24
For me, I have a career of a lifetime and have 2 weeks to study the POSS test to become a Power Plant engineer. I need all the help I can get haha.
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u/elovesya Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 10 '24
I like to suffer, and actively participate in my own misery. I don’t really want change or a solution, that’s scary and hard. I just want short-term relief and distractions from my problems that ultimately leave me feeling more hollow.
Edit this was meant to be purely satirical, though it seems to have went over the heads of a few well-meaning people.