Everyone has those days/months/years where they just don't want to get up and they wish to lie in bed and forget life. We all know, however, that we have to get going for some reason or another.

So, my question is: what do you get up for in the morning? What do you lean on to get through the hard days?

What got you going this morning? Was it helping somebody, getting a job done, remembering your ambitions, or just a nice sticky cinnamon roll for breakfast?

I know if my day has been crappy, that once my husband walks through the door home from work that everything will be better. If the week goes bad, I know that there will be two days where I can do nothing but lay in my husbands arms watching a movie with him. But if stuff like that can't help then I dive for pen and paper and start writing like crazy.

I'm a full time student and I also work five days per week, so I usually feel really stressed out and overworked, so on Thursday, the only day I don't have classes, I sleep in and then spend most of the day in bed, drinking hot cocoa and doing nothing productive. Just one day a week where I don't have to worry about anything gets me through the whole rest of the week.

i get through the day by envisioning my future if i do put the effort in like now, i think if i can graduate high school i can go get my 2-year degree in radiography than get a job and than buy my own house with a big yard and lovely windows, also bookshelves where i will keep all the books i have ever read, maybe that is simple or selfish i don't volunteer or anything like that i just want to be independant and free

A lot of little things that I enjoy tend to do the trick.. The sweet smell of things. the taste of food. the sound of someone laughing after I make a joke. but I do, however, sometimes need a bit more.. I tend to overuse these little appreciations for my days usually turn sour for specific reasons. I'm used to this happening everyday. so I try my best at looking towards the future and just thinking about good things. thinking about art and writing and all the things I wish to achieve in this world. or when I feel really bad and don't even wanna move, I think about my problem and then write it down. trying to come to some resolve. I have realized that my meager existance isn't much recently however and that has put a damper on my emotions, but I still try. ^_^; nothing like a dose of daily reality to make you feel like you need to alter your perspective a little..e,e

Originally Posted by ExoticTopic

A lot of little things that I enjoy tend to do the trick.. The sweet smell of things. the taste of food. the sound of someone laughing after I make a joke. but I do, however, sometimes need a bit more.. I tend to overuse these little appreciations for my days usually turn sour for specific reasons. I'm used to this happening everyday. so I try my best at looking towards the future and just thinking about good things. thinking about art and writing and all the things I wish to achieve in this world. or when I feel really bad and don't even wanna move, I think about my problem and then write it down. trying to come to some resolve. I have realized that my meager existance isn't much recently however and that has put a damper on my emotions, but I still try. ^_^; nothing like a dose of daily reality to make you feel like you need to alter your perspective a little..e,e

Mhhhm... yeah. When a person is old enough to start realizing how small they are in comparison to the universe, life gets depressing for a time. I'm there too.

Yeah.. It's kinda weird though cause I'm usually the person trying to convince my friends that life is really wonderful. [I know a lot of pessimistic people]. It's hard when it comes to your own life, however. :/ I thought about becoming a therapist because I love to make people feel better and confident, even if I lack in these areas, but then I realized I care MASSIVELY. So if one of them died, I'd probably curl up in fetal position and weep. +_+

Originally Posted by ExoticTopic

Yeah.. It's kinda weird though cause I'm usually the person trying to convince my friends that life is really wonderful. [I know a lot of pessimistic people]. It's hard when it comes to your own life, however. :/ I thought about becoming a therapist because I love to make people feel better and confident, even if I lack in these areas, but then I realized I care MASSIVELY. So if one of them died, I'd probably curl up in fetal position and weep. +_+

I've thought a lot about becoming a therapist as well. I don't think that I'd have that problem (I'd care, but not the way you say you would). What about a high school counselor? It doesn't make as much money as a psychiatrist would, and would probably be in the ballpark of the money a psychologist earns, and you wouldn't have to worry about deaths as much.

Be it that death is something we all have to get used to, sadly.

I know a lot of pessimistic people too, and sometimes I come off as one, even though I've always been optimistic and been able to see the silver lining in everything.

Originally Posted by ElysiumFate

I've thought a lot about becoming a therapist as well. I don't think that I'd have that problem (I'd care, but not the way you say you would). What about a high school counselor? It doesn't make as much money as a psychiatrist would, and would probably be in the ballpark of the money a psychologist earns, and you wouldn't have to worry about deaths as much.

Be it that death is something we all have to get used to, sadly.

I know a lot of pessimistic people too, and sometimes I come off as one, even though I've always been optimistic and been able to see the silver lining in everything.

Yeah. For some reason I tend to care more than what I'd like to. e.e I'm not sure why. Just how I grew up I suppose. and actually that might be a good idea. o,o helping to mold young minds to be healthy. :D ...I can totally see the kids calling me crazy already though. .__. kids tend to be really harsh these days. @[email protected]

yeah, it is.. but I have big issues with that topic so I try to avoid it. n.n;

-nods- we all have our down moments so I don't blame you. I dunno, but I think it's healthy to feel down at least once in a while. not sure why but it just feels like that would be the natural thing. ^^;

Originally Posted by ExoticTopic

kids tend to be really harsh these days. @[email protected]

-nods- we all have our down moments so I don't blame you. I dunno, but I think it's healthy to feel down at least once in a while. not sure why but it just feels like that would be the natural thing. ^^;

1. You're telling me, lol. I've no idea where that comes from either, though I doubt that it's new.

2. Life is a balancing act, and as someone once told me: "for every ecstatically happy moment, there must be an equally depressing one." Think about it: if there were just happy moments, no one would know to cherish them and they would become mundane.

Precisely. :] I've heard something along those lines myself. ^_^ I think the problem with it though is that people can take bad situations to another level just because they want to. and that's when it gets irritating. :/

Too true.

My pets and my fiance keep me going mostly. Bless and love you babies! <3

The possibility of the future keeps me going. Knowing that I have the rest of my life to shape and mold into something entirely different and happy makes the world of difference

Being around the people I love (or even just knowing they exist) are what keep me going when I'm having a really bad day (or week... or month).

It all depends for me.
Sometimes when I'm at school and I'm tired because my last class ends at like 6pm , I just think to myself, "WHEN I GET HOME I CAN BE LAZY AND LISTEN TO MUSIC ALL NIGHT YEAHHH!"

But for life in general, when I'm upset and I don't know what to do, I always think about my great friends or my heroes (Famous people that I look up to like Heath Ledger or Leslie Hall, xD) They always seem to help me get through things.

Honestly? My inspiration for most things is my brother. He's the best friend I've ever had, and ever will have. We're inseparable. A lot of people expect brothers and sisters to fight and bicker and stuff, but not us. We love each other a great deal and always try to help one another.

We argue -- all siblings do -- but we make up, and own up. I think that's where the real difference is, between siblings that fight and siblings that don't, making up and owning up.

We both got into the same college, so we'll be each other's cheerleaders for the next (at least) six years, too. Of course, we'll support each other beyond that, but I think you get what I'm trying to say. We'll be side-by-side.

I get depressed alot...due to some emotional issues...But in the morning when I have to get up for work and I really don't want to?
I start thinking that if I loose my job than I'll loose my apartment and be out in the streets.
That gets me up.
But what really keeps me going is thinking that in the future I'll be doing something I really enjoy.
And maybe that special girl will like me back.

Knowing and wanting, to be 'there' for my best friend. One day soon he's going to need me more than either of us know, and even on a daily basis my happiness effects on him. He'd miss me far to much if i wasn't around.
Also, the little things that give me a boost...Sunny weather, a good song on the radio, laughing with the people in my halls. All manner of things keep me going, but you don't usually appreciate them until faced by them.

What keeps me going is knowing that things can't be bad forever. I just need to wait it out. It's always darkest before the dawn.

The one thing that really gets me through, is the thought that I'll get to talk to my Boyfriend. And when he's away on bussiness, or Vacation, or there is a misunderstanding about times and dates, I talk to my mom, or best friend. And that always seems to help me.

well this past week has been pretty slow and not much is helping me get out of bed since i am unemployed at the moment and I seem to have a terrible throat infection... my throat is so sore and whatever i am sick with is making me very drowsy and weak so I need to kick this.... but even though i sleep in a little bit i always get up for my dog when she wakes up she'll run over and lay next to me and stare at me wagging her tail to let me know shes ready to go outside, i used to look forward to my boyfriend getting home but lately he just goes straight to our room-mates room and plays video games with him until he wants to go to bed... its sad that right now the only thing that gets me going is my dog ~_~ once i have a job again that will help out

Originally Posted by Synthetika

well this past week has been pretty slow and not much is helping me get out of bed since i am unemployed at the moment and I seem to have a terrible throat infection... my throat is so sore and whatever i am sick with is making me very drowsy and weak so I need to kick this.... but even though i sleep in a little bit i always get up for my dog when she wakes up she'll run over and lay next to me and stare at me wagging her tail to let me know shes ready to go outside, i used to look forward to my boyfriend getting home but lately he just goes straight to our room-mates room and plays video games with him until he wants to go to bed... its sad that right now the only thing that gets me going is my dog ~_~ once i have a job again that will help out

Tsk. Your boyfriend knows your sick and unemployed and he doesn't try to cheer you up? I'm sorry, but that is horrible of him.

Encouragement and guilt from friends and family members; but mostly the guilt.

lol, honestly today I got out of bed because I heard a door softly shut in my house and I knew I was the only one home (and will be for the next three weeks o_o) So I got out of bed and carefully crept around the house because I was worried some how some one had gotten into my house and didn't belong here. Suspensio!