Motivation thread

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Just an idea. I like it personally...
A thread with the purpose of posting experiences and how they've been overcome, or just simply good, motivational stuff, and such things.
I'll start in a position of 'needing motivation' lol... can anyone help? I've stated how I'm feeling very bad on the academic front... more incompetent than others in the group... socially I feel like the fact that there's no old school friends in my College has caught up... + being an aspie it's tough to be in the acceptance thing sometimes. Also as for girls - well... I feel a bit useless atm...
I've been feeling very down... very down.
I also feel for the effort I've put in to things I haven't got the amount of good I've deserved.

(p.s. I don't know if I think this thread will kick off but I like the idea... if you like the idea feel free to contribute. The idea is it's to help 'anyone' out)

I feel like this also...especially about the academic side of things.
What I use to motivate myself in terms of academic achievement is I say to myself each morning "You don't want to be homeless do you? So get off ur lazy a** and get to course"

I really like the idea of this thread as well.

Often motivation, it seems, is a matter of hope; if you don't believe anything you can do will help, why do it? Perspective feeds in heavily here as well. . .

Hope is essential to life, as much as air, even, I think.

In this particular case, I have this to offer

If you feel depressed and unmotivated about school, it may be useful to you to consider what school is- which is to say, not a reflection of your intelligence, your over all accomplishments, or your value as a human being. Grades measure your ability to conform yourself to someone else's academic programme- nothing more.

If you need to remember what, exactly, school is, I recommend the writings of John Taylor Gatto.
These aren't the very best I've seen for the purpose, but I've not much time- I'll post the others when I find them.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/forums-posti ... 18744.html
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/historytour/history2.htm
http://www.rit.edu/~cma8660/mirror/www. ... rs/11a.htm

On a related note, if the rat race of your post-university life is eating your life, you may find Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt to bring the motivation or the perspective shift you need. (If your library doesn't have it, interlibrary loan is good. .. )

http://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/

That's all for now. . .

Thanks for talking people. lol
(hoping this could kick off or something lol) I would love for something like this to turn into a recognised thread somehow... it needs to be able to develop though... a motivation thread that is strong could be a decent help man... to anyone who feels grim at times.