Motivation fueled by Inspiration

Where do you find inspiration?  What keeps you motivated? 

So if you’d rather be doing something other than what you’re doing, how do you stay inspired and remain motivated?  Motivation gives you the incentive to want to do something while inspiration stimulates your creative thoughts and activities.  If you are motivated enough, will you remain inspired in the task at hand or do you need inspiration to remain motivated?

Our day jobs (or night jobs, for that matter) are probably the best example of what keeps us motivated.  We work to make money because money is what pays the bills, allows us to stay in our homes, puts our kids through school and offers some guarantee we can afford to continue to drive our gas-guzzling vehicles; although, let’s be honest, these days any vehicle is a gas guzzler with the gas prices the way they are.  We also work to take care of our children, our spouses, and maybe even our elderly parents.  We may not be completely inspired by what we do but we have a reason to remain motivated.

I found the spark needed to ignite the fuel in me because writing is my inspiration.  It is what also motivates me.