Lofty ambitions, zero motivation

[fencerm2]

How do you reclaim motivation?

There are so many things I want to be doing...and my current motivation is zero.

What is up with that? There is nothing wrong with my life right now, per se...so why do I have no energy, no desire to move forward on those things I want in motion?

I mean, some writer I'm turning out to be...its been far longer than I'd care to admit since I wrote something new...and I have been stuck on my current round of edits of my novel in the same spot for about a month or more now. Why can't I move this onwards? Why am I not writing?

This is the kind of rant I usually don't share - this is the sort of thing that goes into the paper journal. But I think I am putting this here because I am wondering if this is just me...or if there is something in the air? Not that that matters, really...its up to me to do what I need to do.

Blah. That's where I am at. Just...blah.

Comments

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on what usually motivates you. I don't write fiction anymore 'cause I want an immediate sense of interactivity that it rarely provides. I've written fan fiction for games and had quick responses from game audiences, and worked on story pieces for online roleplaying and the like. But the idea of sitting alone and typing a novel for months on end, with no idea bouncing with anyone else, and all work no play makes Jack a dull boy, is horrifying. In other words, interaction motivates me...

What motivates you?