Let’s think about Shia LaBeouf for a moment. He’s child star actor turned franchise killer (RIP Transformers) turned apparent Christian motivational speaker. And I am not knocking the Shi-guy at all; I love “Holes”. But man does he have it easy. He can be all “Yesterday you said tomorrow; just do it!” and people are like yeah thanks Stanley Yelnats, I will go do it. That’s because he is a public figure who probably won’t have to work for a living ever again. I’m not that lucky. I’ll have to work everyday for the next 70+ years . It’s real easy for Shia to say Just Do It because he doesn’t have to.

Then, there’s every athlete, coach or celebrity that comes up with a quote about how they motivated themselves to their position. Motivation is the reason accomplishments happen. Social media is constantly peppered with pictures of sunsets with “GO DO THE THING BLAH BLAH BLAH” (not literally) and a ton of people think to themselves “Oh yeah, I can go do that thing. Thanks, sunset!” And to top it off, they go and do it! Then they take their own sunset pic.

Geez am I jealous of those people. Who would have thought that I would be jealous of Even Steven? If there was only one thing in life that I am lacking, it would be motivation. I mean, this is my second blog post in a year. I’m really motivated to write, huh. As I have now graduated from college, I can safely say I have never turned in a project on time through 16 years of school. Kindergarten Chris took his sweet time with those glue sticks. I have no motivation to do anything but watch Youtube videos. Seriously, at least three hours a day on the ‘tube.

I have so many anecdotes about lacking motivation that I am unmotivated to choose one. But all of a sudden, I need motivation. A little over a week ago, my best friend threw her life away and decided to marry me. Stupid, right? Well it’s fine for me to be unmotivated. I can sleep in all I want for the next several months. But soon, someone else is going to rely on me. I can’t keep up this lifestyle.

Morgan is so active that it makes me ill (jokingly). She cannot stand a peaceful month of hibernation like I can. So I’m going to have to do something. I don’t have the motivation to do anything, but God do I want it. I know Morgan pretty well, well enough to know what kind of ring she wanted. So I know that if I don’t dream and excel, she is going to go crazy, and she probably won’t stay married to me. That sounds harsh, but Morgan is a go-getter, and I love that about her. I’d hate to drag her down.

I want to be an acclaimed writer. I want to create some kind of content that people actually enjoy and desire more of. I want to afford all the Mexican food in the world. But I’m not motivated to go out and do it yet.

This is maybe the start of something. If motivation is the fire under my butt, maybe I’m starting to gather firewood. A good friend told me to just go write, and I did it. So hopefully you can be on the lookout for the best coffee table book of the decade soon, or a kickass documentary about the local Indiana music scene. Someday, somehow, I have got to do something. I have big, big plans.