The Never Ending Story

Warning: If you’re not interested in academic stuffs, then it’s recommended for you to leave. The writer is now at the highest level of tense + "nerdyness", and has lost a part of her brain due to “cognitive overload” syndrome. (If you have no idea regarding the term used, kindly open a new tab, go to www.wikipedia.com, and find it out yourself. I hope this recommendation helps *tongue in cheek*)

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Discussing about what drives you to do something is an interesting thing. Yeah, folks, there’s something called “Motivation”, exist in this world.

My dictionary defines it as “the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way” (Dictionary, 2007)

There are two sources of motivation; intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic is when the force comes innately, within yourself. It can be driven from your own interest or desire of doing something.

The other one is extrinsic. Which is everything but intrinsic (if only you know what I mean). I suggest you to read “Psychology for Educators” by Vialle, Lysaght and Verekina. It’s such a wonderful book to read especially if you’re a teacher to be and you want to be inspired to be one.

One thing I realize about myself is I tend to be driven by motivation from the perspective of self -determination. I want to do something to the fullest because I want to prove to myself that I can do it. The need to feel capable or skilled in doing something is important to me because I don’t want to think myself as a loser. This whole thing about self-determination justifies my existence. Frankly speaking, I am a person with a low self-esteem and most of the time I expect things to be worst. I never proud of this yet I couldn’t help it.

I was once a very competitive person. I loved competition. I used to think “Lose or win, that’s the part of the game”, and I was always ready for a second chance. I didn’t know what happened to that attitude. Maybe I’d outgrown it and dropped it somewhere. I am just not the person I used to be.

I would love to talk more about this but I have assignments waiting to be done. Urrrgghh!

My point is, you’ve gotta know where your force comes from, because that will be the source of your strength.

My nerdy glasses... surrounded by other stuffs.Everything's in a mess!

uh, that's my comb. I use it to "untangle" my hair. I use it more frequently lately.....

Yours sincerely (who’s half awake and nut)

-Miss B-

ps: I can't believe I've just posted this.