Interesting. I don’t quite understand it, but just a few days ago, I found myself frustrated that my carillon professor had assigned me a very simple song. “Me? A Clement? Being assigned a piece I could easily perfect in a week? That’s it. I quit.” And I set the music aside. Frequently, I've noticed that when I have no desire to perform, I always do poorly. I was reading an
article with the abstract topic of LINUX design and realized the quintessential characteristic for designing an impressive piece of software is motivation. Sure, you need to be able to conquer second or third order ignorance, but burning the midnight oil and waking up before your roommates on a Saturday morning will place you further in line than anything else.
Perhaps the reason my carillon playing went over poorly is that I'm just burned out with school. Homework and studying is almost too much for me. Reading something uninteresting is about as much fun as straining spaghetti noodles for a living: a lot goes through, and you get a little bit of money for it, but nothing ever sticks.
So how do I get the motivation?
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