My husband encourages my projects. I wonder why? 😉
Does anyone encourage you?
Encouragement
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My husband encourages my projects. I wonder why? 😉
Does anyone encourage you?
Question: “My husband encourages my projects. I wonder why?”
Ha.. ha… certainly you know more to the true answer than me. 😀
Question: “Does anyone encourage you?”
one of them is you (your writings).
Sometimes I’m encouraged just ‘by me’ – those times when I was sure I wasn’t going to make the grade but I did.
I remember one year when I entered a small throw (handwoven) in an exhibition and after I had mailed it an ‘expert’ informed me that was the incorrect measurements….I was a tad disappointed because I was sure it would be rejected! Well it wasn’t and as if that wasn’t a surprise I won a 2nd prize for it……..the ‘expert’ was shocked but I on the otherhand never even worried about what ‘experts’ thought in the future!
As I progress through Uni and the courses and stuff….I am constantly in yore of those people who make comments like:
“even a C will get you a degree”…..or today from a tutor who helped me in the beginning “aren’t you the the clever clogs with a brain” 🙂
and today was Day 1 of this next Semester. Already have on my ‘flight deck’ 11 pieces of coursework/assignments for just 2 papers. Still to be at the first lecture of #3 paper!
My partner and a couple of good friends.
Well!….. There is the person who gets me out of bed in the mornings:- ME!
And then there are my friends in the blogosphere.
My wife — so long as I’m working on the right project.
Cathy,
You sound super-motivated to me!
tikno,
Thanks. 🙂
Evan,
It’s a blessing to have supportive partners and friends.
Grannymar,
I’m my primary motivator/encourager too, but interacting with fellow bloggers helps a lot.
Mike,
What a neat answer. It brought a smile to my face. 😉
Encouragement is in the air. I do get it from hubs, but it is not expected. Friends breathe it on me from time to time, but it is not needed. Both ways are delightful of course. Even my little dog and his need for exercise to stay calm is a weird encouragement (that works!) to get ME on the treadmill. It’s always nice (loving and kind) to get it from others but it is not something I require from without – I must make my own inside?
suzen,
Amen to that! If we’re too needy it wrecks relationships. When we’re secure inside we can enjoy love and appreciation from others, but we don’t unconsciously demand it, meaning we don’t get upset if other people can’t be there to give it to us.
I am afraid that I have to motivate myself. Believe me, it can be quite tough on some days! If anything, I have a host of characters around me, who discourage me from doing some of the things that I do!
Rummuser,
Ah, yes. I’ve had my share of wet blankets too. One of my favorite mantras is, “She (he) is strongest who can stand alone.” I like to share my enthusiasms with other people, but sometimes we have to go it alone before we find kindred spirits.
Well for all my professional and academic endeavours, parents have been a great support. For the extracurricular activities, it takes some time for them to warm upto. But safe to say I have had no shortage of encouagement in my life given my family has been for the most part very supportive. But my take is, if a person believes in what he/she is doing, it will be self motivating and encouragement/discouragement won’t matter 🙂
Ashok,
I agree about the self-motivating part. My folks tended to get upset because I read so much and was interested in studying. It didn’t stop me from doing it and from building a close relationship with my mother in spite of our different interests. (My father wasn’t a family man so I loved him from more of a distance.)
On the other hand, when we do pursue our passions by ourselves it’s nice when we connect with kindred spirits. C. S. Lewis said, “Friendship begins when one person says to another, ‘Oh, you too? I thought I was all alone.’ “