How do you motivate yourself

[Slim Shavings]

You have/had dreams for your place and now its all up in the air. You wake up in the morning and wonder if you really want to get up and fight the fight . Maybe you have a spouse that helps you. And Kids that force you. But it really sucks.

For me I tell myself they can't take my accomplishments and what I've learned and the secrets of my trade. What ever I do I try to make it a step forward and a consolidation effort in case I lose and have to move. Some steps ypu take can be good no matter the outcome.
Being Old I have the option fo puttering around some mornings when it takes me a while. But I have a conscience after working all my life that badgers me to do something.

[Moe Bedard]

My motivation comes from finding out that people need me out there right now. People who I never met or just here on the forum need advice, information and hope. Helping these people motivates me to wake up every day and do it again and again.

I want to help as many people as I can now. It's a great problem.

Witnessing the injustices I see happening to the people on Main Street and wanting to do everything in my power to help those who suffer is my goal. Now, I am paid to help. It is a nice twist of fate since I was the one who suffered many, many years Slim.

I look at you as not as an old man, but a man who is wise beyond my years and has experienced A LOT over his lifetime. A man that I happily read his words because I want to know what your a$$ has to say because I think you're smart and have a lot to offer the community here. You just need to get past some of your hard line views and be more open to others is all.

You really should consider blogging as a retirement career and my advice would be to make the focus on helping people save money and live frugally through this Great Depression.

That will keep you busy helping people and that conscience from getting to you from doing nothing.

[Slim Shavings]

Moe i appreciate what you do here and your honesty. And your weird Ideas help to keep my blood pressure up LOL

As for blogging I wouldn't have a clue. Contrary to my perceive image i'm a very quiet live and let live type of person. Although I have spent most of life preaching personal responsibility. And paid the price to go against the grain.
I can tell you that I was married to two beautiful women that were extremely talented and the world will never know as they would rather live off the government and what they can con people out of. I learned that no matter what a persons latent talents are they must take responsibility for them. Fortunately although i was kept away from my kids as much as possible. They grew up and realized what was going on and we now have a very close relationship and agreement of political ideas.

[Social Apocalypse]

That's very cool Slim. I knew there was something I liked about you!
Us "weirdos" have to stick together.

I choose to think of non-conformity as having the personal strength of character, and COURAGE to question status quo, and say, "why?".

WHY do we have to accept this boloney from Congress? Why do we have to let the nation to go "tits up"?

Why do we have no choice in the matter?

WE CHOOSE to have no choice.

We have a choice, but it's not free, and it's not easy, and it's not automatic.

That makes us "non-conformists", "activists", "big mouths".

When a non-conformist gets THROUGH to the SHEEP, then they are renamed a "revolutionary" and are heros.

Go figure.

[Moe Bedard]

Originally Posted by Slim Shavings

Moe i appreciate what you do here and your honesty. And your weird Ideas help to keep my blood pressure up LOL

I see the only difference between you and I is 25 years and where we get our information. I appreciate you and your views because you keep me on my toes.

As for blogging I wouldn't have a clue. Contrary to my perceive image i'm a very quiet live and let live type of person. Although I have spent most of life preaching personal responsibility. And paid the price to go against the grain.

You do it daily here. I actually have been thinking about you and your background on how it can help people. I was thinking about "possibly" offering you a part time gig here blogging your money saving ideas etc. I think it would be cool to have an veteran/small business guy with an attitude as a blogger here

I can tell you that I was married to two beautiful women that were extremely talented and the world will never know as they would rather live off the government and what they can con people out of.

Well, I was also married to one who I still pay and one who was a long term relationship and sent me to jail for her benefit. Their looks could charm anyone outta their last $100 and put any innocent man away for life with just a BS statment.

I learned that no matter what a persons latent talents are they must take responsibility for them.

I agree, but we all need to help one another when in need for temporary assistance.

Fortunately although i was kept away from my kids as much as possible. They grew up and realized what was going on and we now have a very close relationship and agreement of political ideas.

I have a son who is 17 and will not speak to me or see me because of his mother. I pray someday that he will come back to me. So, I know how it feels and it must be great now.

[caldwellb02]

It's really frustrating to keep going sometimes, that's for sure. There are days when I say F it, and there are days when I'm scared, but then somebody will write something here and I'm back at it. Sometimes I think I would ahve been a good lobbyist. What the H am I doing in nonprofit management at such a low salary! I have a doctorate in Organizational Leadership and I'm givin it away. Ah sorry about that whine. It's all good, and it has all helped.

Slim - you are a force to be reckoned with. I enjoy sparring with you at times. The worst thing we can do is shut each other up because we don't agree. That's what the politicians do - the "you are a bad person if you don't agree with me" scenario. Lots of media folks do that to. There are alot of people who don't agree with me, but that doesn't intrinsically make them bad (uninformed maybe - hee hee).

[Slim Shavings]

Originally Posted by caldwellb02

It's really frustrating to keep going sometimes, that's for sure. There are days when I say F it, and there are days when I'm scared, but then somebody will write something here and I'm back at it. Sometimes I think I would ahve been a good lobbyist. What the H am I doing in nonprofit management at such a low salary! I have a doctorate in Organizational Leadership and I'm givin it away. Ah sorry about that whine. It's all good, and it has all helped.

Slim - you are a force to be reckoned with. I enjoy sparring with you at times. The worst thing we can do is shut each other up because we don't agree. That's what the politicians do - the "you are a bad person if you don't agree with me" scenario. Lots of media folks do that to. There are alot of people who don't agree with me, but that doesn't intrinsically make them bad (uninformed maybe - hee hee).

you need to do what I posted the other day. Start your own business and work for the wages your getting now untill things get better. At least your getting your name out there, doing what you like and your not losing anything. Sucks but these are different times and call for rout of the box solutions.

[caldwellb02]

Well that's why I'm interested in the blogging thing Slim. Yeah it sucks. I've been married twice too my man and the second one was somebody you'd have some fun with. What I REALLY want? My home. Health. Health for my kids. A country that isn't run by Wall Street. And a vacation. A real vacation. I cannot remember the last time I had one of those.

[nativelasvegan]

Wow. I needed this today. Thanks Slim for starting this thread. I was self employed for over 10 years and never happier. I know have the 9-5 and have not been happy since I started it. I have a few entrepreneurial ideas and instead of spending so much time feeling sorry for myself, I will pick myself up and start making some plans.
Thanks again.

[Moe Bedard]

Originally Posted by caldwellb02

Well that's why I'm interested in the blogging thing Slim. Yeah it sucks. I've been married twice too my man and the second one was somebody you'd have some fun with. What I REALLY want? My home. Health. Health for my kids. A country that isn't run by Wall Street. And a vacation. A real vacation. I cannot remember the last time I had one of those.

You are someone else I had in mind Barbara for the journalists/bloggers when I change over to the MainStreetForum.org. I want to bring on 6-10 diverse Main Street folks as bloggers. Normal people that we all can relate with.

We will be the Huffington Post for Main Street. You know, the people losing homes, jobs and their businesses. I sometimes do not get why someone follows a dude who make $20 million a year while they make $30,000 and think that these guys interests are aligned with theirs.

At first the pay will be a pittance, but it may turn into something big and give you that freedom soon.

[Slim Shavings]

Originally Posted by nativelasvegan

Wow. I needed this today. Thanks Slim for starting this thread. I was self employed for over 10 years and never happier. I know have the 9-5 and have not been happy since I started it. I have a few entrepreneurial ideas and instead of spending so much time feeling sorry for myself, I will pick myself up and start making some plans.
Thanks again.

GO for it Man!! Lots of hardwork, no guarantees but you can hold your head high and know that no one can take that away from you. Don't let those who would belittle your ideas take away from faith in yourself. You may do it different but thats why were Americans. i hope you become a big fat rich person. Just don't forget your roots LOL

[Fedup]

How do you motivate yourself?.....Hummmm, here goes,

Slim, that is a great question considering what the vast majority of Americans are now faced and dealing with today. The word “motivation” in and of itself conjugates or suggests a resolve to succeed in ones personnel endeavors. In doing so expect to find road-blocks and detours on the way, and yes the aspect of failure is always a possibility however, the saying of “nothing ventured…..nothing gained” is very simple, yet it also implies individual effort.

My own motivation with the multitude of forum topics as presented here on LoanSafe.org has caused me to see, time and time again, the same comments and excuses repeated over and over again by the “servicers”. Slim, what motivates me is being trampled on into a posture or position of being ruined at no fault of my own.

I’m beyond “wondering anymore”, because CITI, BOA, CHASE….throw in the kitchen sink of lending fraud…..all of them are proffering the same pattern of excuses and foot dragging and in Collusion together! How many out there have heard this excuse from your “servicer” when you anticipated a problem and tried to resolve it beforehand…..”We can’t help you if you’re Current, you must be at least 60 days Behind”! Now add in all the rest of these “excuses” and doesn’t it start or sound like Mutual “Talking Points” Syndrome between the hierarchy of Banks? Sure tanks ones FICA fast!

Maybe I should start a new thread, “What’s your latest ‘One-liner-excuse’ from you Servicer”!

HAMPs, being turned down after making on time payments, strung out further in getting a modification, payments going into the land of “who knows where”, name it? Dang it sure is here by all of those posting!

Yea Slim, I’m motivated because I hate a liar, cheater, thief and any predator willing to steal my lunch after working so hard to obtain and prepare it. Strength in conviction motivates me and honesty is the framework that I’ve built my life and business on and I’m not about to quit now, even under the circumstance I face today.

That’s what Motivates me!

Gary

[Slim Shavings]

I like the idea of your thread. Maybe we could get some good responses on how to answer them.

[dan m]

i look forward to fishing on the weekend. hours and hours of sitting there in the hot sun or pouring rain. it doesn't matter. by the end of the day i'm tired and think to myself-wow that was nice..i didn't think of this mortgage crap once today. we'll also make plans like a drive up to big trees or over to yosemite and walk around for the day. looking forward to the weekend is what does it for me.
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