What motivates you?

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A collection of Neurotransmitters

The prospect of living life and having fun living it. Also, the mysteries of the universe and our efforts to solve them.

The Kinks. You guys were waiting for me to say that.

My partner, and the thought of communicating with him.
Oh, and an uncontrollable urge to look up some road or other on Google Street View or SABRE, more often than not.

I used to have grander motivations in the vein of accomplishing given tasks, bettering myself, and bringing myself closer to my eventual goals (typically education/career-related). I've felt unable to engage in things of that nature for quite a long time, though...

Arts and crafts!

The one thing that motivates me no matter my mood is wanting to be there for the people I really care about... despite that not being more than one or two people... actually... there are two right now

Otherwise, the things that motivate me are very dependent on my mood and special interests. If I'm feeling creative, getting to draw is a motivating thought. If I feel expressive I'll find more interest in my guitar. If I want to get lost I'd probably feel excited to play games. Although if I'm depressed, nothing but the people I care about can motivate me . So my motivations are usually different day to day.

Then there are things that I do to keep moving on day to day without self destructing when there's nothing to hold me together, but I don't find them particularly motivating. Like I set goals. Right now I'm saving for a guitar. I don't have to feel interested... I just know that I set that goal so I should do work . When I am interested (Guitars themselves are a special interest) that goal can be very motivating... again,
Lace-Bane's motivations are dependent on his mood really

I also set goals to motivate myself. Just living day to day without having some tangible goal I'm working toward leaves me depressed and anhedonic.

Family, boyfriend, future, future family and more.