Motivation

What motivates me to clean the kitty litter tray and the toilet? What motivates me to vacuum and change my sheets? What motivates me to go to work?

Feeling happy and comfortable and being able to do things I want to do.

I eat well and exercise because, just like I want my house to look and feel nice, I want my body to look and feel nice. I do it for the same reason I go to work - so that I can live in a nice environment and do things that make me happy.

Once I stopped looking for some grand motivation, and more importantly, once I stopped resigning myself to living in the bodily equivalent of a falling down slum, I found the determination to do the things I sometimes don't want to do, so that I can feel comfortable, and happy and surrounded by nice things.