Successfully learning something new is definitely what motivates me the most. It is never easy and usually totally to out side my comfort zone but try I do. Many times it has not gone well but more often than not I learn something and I grow, which eventually makes me a better person.
Throughout my working life I have continually learned as technology as evolved, things have always been changing and if I didn't adapt I would get left behind, having a go has its challenges but you can only do your best, make decision and take actions based on the information I had at the time.
I had finished my electrical apprenticeship but building a small spa pool was completely new to me.
This was me back in 1988. Family and friends were very surprised my parents let me have a go at building a spa in the back yard of there new home.
I think the internet was around but you couldn't google or you tube stuff the way you can now. I have to borrow books from the library or call people on the old dial up telephone and ask for advise.
Some times you could get information on the best way to do things from the people I bought equipment and parts from. That my mum and the spa project worked out pretty well.
The most demotivating thing for me is when people whing and complain, I just find it so draining, and get is so hard to get it out of my head but I try not to focus much time or energy on it.
Excitement for me has usually always comes from sporting events but as I have got older the wins seem to have fewer and further apart. Nowadays I seem to get delight from other things like finding a family history documents and photos. A census record from an ancestor that lived over a 100 years ago paints a picture in my head of how things used to be that I could never have imagined.
This is my grand father and great grand father from about the time of the 1901 census record below. It was so exciting to find a record that matched perfectly to family stories that have been told.
Relaxation for me is just a bit of TV or you tube and hiving on the computer. I try not to drink much alcohol anymore.
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