What's My Motivation?

I do my best to not be bored.

Anyone who's thinking I get drunk a lot and start fights seriously lacks originality and is probably not that interesting themselves. (Not that I don't like to get drunk and start fights, mind you.)

I hate boredom, but I love sloth. Over the years, I've developed a method for fighting boredom that doesn't require a lot of money, or even leaving one's comfort zone.

If you're doing something boring, tweak it a little.

I can't count the number of times I've seen someone in front of a TV with a zombified look on their face, continually flipping channels. I've seen people flip channels for over 30 minutes to find something interesting. Here's an idea: Get a Netflix account. Buy a season of a show you like. You can keep sitting on your ass, but now you're actively enjoying it.

Making dinner can really suck. How many times do you throw in the frozen tater tots, and then resent having to eat them because you don't have fry sauce at home? Try cooking something you want. Buy a box of brownie mix. Trust me, it's no worse than the tater tots. Buy some shredded cheese for those damned tater tots. Eating should be happy. Don't go out of your way to make cooking more of a chore, just give yourself something to look forward to.

Try reading something. If you don't like books, try a comic book. It's another activity you can do sitting down. While eating your brownies and/or cheesie tots.

For pet owners, buy a laser pointer and give them a workout. (Does not work with fish, sorry.)

I can't help you with cleaning.

I'm not the kind of judgmental D-bag who will tell you make your life fun by taking a trip you can't afford, or starting an exercise program that will only remind you how fat you are, or by giving up something you like just to try something new. If you want to save up for a trip, or exercise, or try new things, then you should do them.

But just because you like what you like, doesn't mean you have to be bored because that's all you want to do.