@Rain honestly that looks more like Marvel style comics then Anime, cool stuff regardless. Idk about you really since music's essentially your job, but for me I'm motivated to music because it's what I really like doing. Compared to everything else I end up doing in a daily basis it's the one thing I enjoy doing the most so in my off time I seek any opportunity to do it.
What motivates me to do things faster is being on my own world longer, and drawing ponies on calm moments too.
Well, getting to live another day motivates me. I sometimes forget how privileged I am and I lose track of time. I enjoy every minute I spend walking and laughing on this earth. I just want to get work done so I can do more of that for a long time. And Dubstep. That helps me too.
Success and achievement, I spent my day doing something (cool or otherwise) but I did it and now I can flaunt it.
What motivates me? Well, nothing really. It's kind of funny, but I just realized this the other night. When I lived alone, or with my parents, I was unhappy, and I was driven to leave that state. So I wrote a lot, in the hopes that I could become an author. Jobs I took were just things to pay the bills. Then, when I met my wife, and lived with her, that became enough, and I didn't write so much. For about nine years, I didn't do much writing, and then I found myself in a long unemployment period, and I picked up a pen and started writing again. But still, living with my wife in the San Francisco Bay Area was quite enough, and I wasn't really pushed. Now, I have a job I don't like (but appreciate), live in a town I dislike strongly, but I'm not sure how to summon the motivation to finish my stories, and send them in. I'm not even sure if it's a good idea (for fairly complicated reasons aside from how good my stories are). So, I write, and I think about being a serious writer, but I'm not sure how to push me in that direction. I've never really had to motivate myself before.
Motivation? Hmmm... Well, it depends, I guess. I'm, unfortunately, a habitual procrastinator. Although I don't always to this, but more often than not, I'll wait until a little bit of pressure builds up as a deadline approaches to do something. This may seem like a bad thing, but on the whole, it hasn't had any really negative effects because I've noticed I tend to thrive under pressure. So one motivator is: Pressure. I suppose money could be another one because I noticed that while working, I'd be less likely to procrastinate and I'd be much more diligent. In fact, I'd do things as early as possible. I always thought it was strange how contradictory my behavior was with academic work as opposed to being in the workplace. One final thing is enjoyment. If I enjoy doing it, I feel more motivated. Despite my major being something I'm interested in, the majority of the homework I find to be dull and annoying. Not all of it, but most of it is doing analytical kind of work (translation: "fancy mathematics"), and although I understand that math is important in the field I'm studying, I enjoy the conceptual stuff more. Fortunately, this semester, my classes are varied enough where some are more quantitative and others are more qualitative. Although it may sound weird, I actually hate writing if I have to do it. So if something is required, as opposed to voluntary, it's actually a de-motivator, depending on the circumstances (work, for example, is an exception to this). One of the reasons I can make tl;dr posts on here is because I enjoy doing it. However, if I'm required to write a long response to something, I hate it. So for me: Motivators Pressure. Money. Enjoyment/Passion. De-motivator Obligation (Sometimes). Despite this, I always feel happier when I complete a task. So maybe I can consider that as part of the "enjoyment" category. If I'm not productive over a long period of time, I'll actually become lethargic and feel depressed. Once I complete a task, especially if it's somewhat complex, then I feel a sense of self-worth and happiness. EDIT: 800th post, by the way. Woo hoo!
Enjoyment is my only real motivator. I can't sit down and make a song or draw something if my heart isn't in it. I have to enjoy doing it, or at least know that I'm going to enjoy the finished product. If I'm doing a request for someone, or just doing it out of boredom, I'll either procrastinate, or simply not finish it (usually the latter.) If I'm not doing it for my own enjoyment, I don't see the point in doing it at all. Even if the actual process of making it is annoying or tiring, sometimes just knowing what the finished result is going to be like is enough. Money actually demotivates me. The fact that I'm being payed to do something makes me subliminally question why I'm being payed. It's almost as if my subconsious is telling me tat the reward of doing it should be enough. If I have to be payed to do something, then surely the task must be pretty bad, other wise it would be done for free. Basically, if your heart's not in it, then I wouldn't advise continuing. Don't force an idea for a song or something, expand on one that comes naturally.
