It's summer, the weather is hot, the water is refreshing. There are beaches to visit, pools to swim in, ice creams to get, amusement parks to have fun at and usually all of that needs to get done on top of having a summer job. So where the hell should we find the motivation to keep up on any school work we're supposed to do, or work out, or walk the dog or do anything that requires any sort of motivation?

It's in the 90's and humid and all anyone wants to do is either be in water or laying in the air conditioning. The last thing I'm thinking of is getting in my half hour workout, or taking the dog out in the heat for a walk, or admittedly doing any sort of school work at all.

I'm someone who loves to procrastinate, not because I'm lazy, but because things can be daunting. Writing my entire senior project, a full-length play, over one summer is pretty terrifying. Especially since I can't always organize my ideas and the prospect of ultimately sharing something too personal and big with people is daunting as hell. It has to get done though, with or without motivation.

Summer is great for so many reasons but it can also be bad too just because it's so hard to take initiative to do the things that aren't exactly fun summer activities. I think a great way to tackle having no motivation is just to ignore that all together. If we consistently wait for motivation to come, it never will. We can't rely on that and that alone because it's always so fickle. Groan to yourself about what you have to do and then get up and do it because that's the only way its going to get done. Waiting for a strike of inspiration to hit won't help me finish the first draft of my play by the end of the summer. I have to rely on my passion and my goals, not how motivated or inspired I am. And yeah, it does suck, because I'll have extremely productive days and I'll have awfully lazy days. I'm not perfect, no one is and we all have our days...or weeks...where we put something off. Hell, it's summer, and there's a lot to do!

I think, between all the fun of summer, just telling yourself to do something and taking initiative and doing it will take you a long way. That's of course AFTER I've had all my fun for the day though, obviously.

So, yeah, I better go clean the apartment and walk the dog and then write more of my play even though the only motivation I have is definitely to just go swim.