Friends Are Our Best Motivators

This week has been a quiet week at work. It is Wednesday, half way through the week. Not much activities in my calendar and my to do laundry list is not many too. I am not used to this situation. Not sure about others, but I find that I become very productive and effective when I am fully loaded with work. When I am loaded 120%, I get all of them done more effectively and with best quality. But, when my plate is only 25% loaded, I loose the motivation to anything.

So, I send email to the mailing list of my high school friends, asking for ideas - what I should do to keep me busy. I was overwhelm by their replies. Thanks folks - you guys are my best friends as always. Today, one of them whom I never talked with in school, initiated a chat with me - asking me questions about my situation and then gave me an idea. I find it a great idea, something that I love and enjoy doing. She asked me to write a book about my experience that can motivate people. She pointed me to check websites on how to write a book. I found many of them. Somehow, I feel motivated by her suggestion - I didn't know my friends who have been reading my emails and messages on my Facebook think I should book my stories.

Then, soon after that chat, my wife walked in, I told her a friend suggests I write a book. She then told one my colleagues who recently retired (at age of 45) is also writing a book. I immediately rang him up. Yes, he has found a way how to write and publish a book - something I am looking for. Again, this news motivate me.

It takes only 2 friends to get ourselves motivated. A simple chat and a answer to a phone call by friends motivate me to do something I have been trying to do. Write a blog and publish the contents in a book.

So today, I am determined to continue blogging, writing something from my experiences, from my heart (hati) and from my mind (minda). My blog does not have every reader, but I'd be extremely happy even if it motivates 1 person. Just like today, it took only 2 old friends to motivate me. Something great does not have to be from and by many people.

So, if you are down, talk to someone. Don't layan yourself with the bad mood, or don't let your bad mood or your situation continue to influence you.

Enjoy my blog everyone! Keep reading!