Alternate motivators
Sep. 28th, 2023 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutMy daughter periodically will complain about motivational things at her school. She wonders if these sorts of things work on anyone. I have no idea. I mean, obviously, I know about Demotivators posters and I’m a big fan of Tiktoker Bryan Kleiner (?)’s hilariously “basic” signs — I already have the one that says “Eat Shit Die” and amd eagerly awaiting the arrival of “Fuck your thoughts and prayers”.
When I’m going through random detritus from the school, I’ll pull out things that look like they might be worth saving, and sometimes these little things wind up attached to the magnetic board in the kitchen (fridge is not magnetic, so I have a magnetic board instead). I then periodically remove things from this board … you know how this goes. Anyway, partly as a result of a recent decluttering of this board, I can now see some of the smaller items that are there for nostalgia purposes, and one of those came home with one of the kids and it says, “I am a winner!”
Whatever I may or may not have thought of it when it went up on that board, I’m now actively trying to reframe that. Winner? I have so many issues with competition just in general. “I am an ethical participant!” was my first thought. “I participate with honor and integrity.” Clearly, this is way too many syllables.
Maybe just, “I helped.” To the point. And something to take pride in.
When I’m going through random detritus from the school, I’ll pull out things that look like they might be worth saving, and sometimes these little things wind up attached to the magnetic board in the kitchen (fridge is not magnetic, so I have a magnetic board instead). I then periodically remove things from this board … you know how this goes. Anyway, partly as a result of a recent decluttering of this board, I can now see some of the smaller items that are there for nostalgia purposes, and one of those came home with one of the kids and it says, “I am a winner!”
Whatever I may or may not have thought of it when it went up on that board, I’m now actively trying to reframe that. Winner? I have so many issues with competition just in general. “I am an ethical participant!” was my first thought. “I participate with honor and integrity.” Clearly, this is way too many syllables.
Maybe just, “I helped.” To the point. And something to take pride in.