Ask HN: What motivates you?

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I've tried chasing big goals and I've tried avoiding everything through escapism. Turns out that it doesn't matter much what I try, I eventually just do what I do. Thankfully, the trend line is positive.

Once I figured that out and learned to trust it, I stopped thinking in terms of big conscious motivations and instead just started looking at the unconscious roadblocks that were in front of me. If something was getting in the way of where I seemed to be going, or if I noticed myself charting weird paths around some thing in avoidance, I'd start looking closer at why and gradually free myself of the hinderance.

There are plenty more such blocks for me to find and work through, but this method feels more balanced and more effective than any motivation-centered paradigm ever seemed to.

My insecurities.

Due to some life circumstances, i grew up feeling that i am not deserving of being where i am at and that at i am the worst person in any given room.

I came to embrace these feelings because they motivate me to keep improving my life on a daily basis.

The hunger in my stomach and the desire to not sleep on the streets.