Ask HN: What motivates you, what are you working towards?

Making it easier for immigrants to settle in Germany is a meaningful challenge. It's not easy, but I feel like I'm making progress. The constant positive feedback from readers is a strong motivator. The income and the lifestyle I get from doing that work are a considerable bonus. I think it's also nice that my work is a mix of programming, research, networking and marketing.

Right now I'm trying to create more effective ways of keeping track of bureaucratic changes. I want to have an official line of communication with the various offices in Berlin. It would make my work so much easier. Instead of trying to figure out what they want, I could just ask them. This has been surprisingly difficult to implement. They are completely indifferent to people doing their work for them.

I'd also like to collaborate with the administration to create a more effective bureaucracy. This, too, has been a frustrating process so far. Nonetheless I persevere and hope that we can eventually get something off the ground, even if it's just a slightly improved form.

To make machine work for me than me working for the machine.

It's not a motivation, but reminds me to keep on the chase