What Is An Engine?

[jmfargo]

What drives you?

What makes you realize suddenly that something in your life needs to happen, and so you do it?

Is it friends? Is it family? Or maybe it's just that you're an extremely productive person, always on top of the game?

For me, it's realization. I almost always have to go through some kind of mental hurdle, and realize "Yes, I need to change this behavior." It's just, sort of, a mental pep-talk that helps me look at my life and alter my behavior in such a way as to lead to a better life.

So, what do you do, when you realize something has to change to make your life better? Do you hem and haw? Or do you get right on it? How do you find the courage, the strength, and the drive to get to where you need to be?

Comments

[conscience.livejournal.com]

I'm actually going through this right now, with the huge decision of my back + work = Can't

Some things hit you that you *know* you have to do. But my big push is thinking about everything, speaking to other people and getting advice to help my thinking - or more like back-up my thinking so I don't lose focus, then jumping right in.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I tend to talk to people too, but in the end it seems like something clicks into place, regardless of what other people have to say.

When you jump right in, do you do so looking forward to what the future will bring, or do you wonder what would happen had you jumped into a different possibility?