As I work daily to decide what my purpose, calling and passion is, I am often bogged down by negative emotions tied to the unfairness of the world. I feel that after all my hard work, I should be able to have some free time and money to travel to the places I would like to see, like Paris, Brazil and Greece. I feel that I should not have to study for years and years and enter a workforce making much less than I would had I taken a job right after undergrad. These thoughts and feelings often seem justified because I bought into the whole idea that higher education means more money, except no-one told me that this idea only applies to some higher education programs. It’s in those moments when I stop and really evaluate the reasons that I journeyed down this career path that I realize that my motives for wanting to quit and pursue something more lucrative are less than noble. Are my motives legitimate is a question that I sometimes stop and ask my self. What exactly is your motivation, Miss E? Today was one of those days.

What are your motivators?

A motivator is something that propels you toward a certain end, goal, achievement or acquisition (my definition). There are multiple motivators but only two main types: legitimate motivators and illegitimate motivators. Legitimate motivators are intransitory; they are stable, rarely change their functions and can be relied upon to motivate you like clockwork for example, hunger. When you get hungry, which you do everyday, you go on the hunt for food. An illegitimate motivator are those that change and are inconsistent, for example your emotions, or your financial situation on a particular day or month.