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Footballguy
Pretty broad question...sort of came up as an idea while reading randall's ALS thread. Some are inspired by religion, family...whatever. What is it that gets you inspired?
For me its been different things for different purposes (stay clean people):
-Been several years, but I was pretty overweight and always lacked the real push to lose it. Besides the normal things like being better for wife and kids and so on...what pushed me in the end was friends from college. They had lost a child to Neuroblastoma and created a non-profit that has gone on to do really great things for others who are going through that with a child. Part of that charity was running in the Country Music Marathon and Half Marathon. So my motivation became, I had to do better in order to get my butt in shape to run that half marathon with their group. Something which I was able to do as well as a few other events with them.
-Along the journey and running, I got very into it and was inspired and motivated actually by several members here in the 10k thread. I have sort of stepped back from a lot of that, but am recently returning after a few years of little injuries and dumbassery that has kept me from running.
-Another motivation in my own health and fitness has been on the bad side with illnesses and deaths of my mother and father. Id say with that and some other family health concerns, ive got a good chance from my genes of some stuff I may have to fight. I figure it best to be in the best shape and health I can be in if it ever comes to that.
-My wife...she has always been an inspiration to me through how hard she worked in college and after. When I was simply a stay at home dad for few years that came after long discussions we had over the years of one of us staying home...and she pushed me to do it and knew she was not built for that. She worked and continues to work very hard still being our primary income in the house. I may not talk of religion much either...but she is one that sort of got me back going to church after we got married. And its been good for me and we are in a good community that we all enjoy. There are sunday mornings Id rather sleep in...but she sort of gets us going and up and ready to go...and im always happy she did afterward.
-My kids in different ways...for how they work through different things and situations...what they need to push and motivate them also gets me inspired to do more for them.
-My parents still in every way...even when gone inspire me to be a better man, husband, father, and friend.
-Maybe strange...maybe not...posts here at times. Like those in the running thread, or people who have gone through great trials or loss...and how people react to things inspires me to let go of a lot of the smaller stuff. Though, that is always a work in progress.
There are many more as well...but didn't want to push that all in one post (which was already a bit long).
For me its been different things for different purposes (stay clean people):
-Been several years, but I was pretty overweight and always lacked the real push to lose it. Besides the normal things like being better for wife and kids and so on...what pushed me in the end was friends from college. They had lost a child to Neuroblastoma and created a non-profit that has gone on to do really great things for others who are going through that with a child. Part of that charity was running in the Country Music Marathon and Half Marathon. So my motivation became, I had to do better in order to get my butt in shape to run that half marathon with their group. Something which I was able to do as well as a few other events with them.
-Along the journey and running, I got very into it and was inspired and motivated actually by several members here in the 10k thread. I have sort of stepped back from a lot of that, but am recently returning after a few years of little injuries and dumbassery that has kept me from running.
-Another motivation in my own health and fitness has been on the bad side with illnesses and deaths of my mother and father. Id say with that and some other family health concerns, ive got a good chance from my genes of some stuff I may have to fight. I figure it best to be in the best shape and health I can be in if it ever comes to that.
-My wife...she has always been an inspiration to me through how hard she worked in college and after. When I was simply a stay at home dad for few years that came after long discussions we had over the years of one of us staying home...and she pushed me to do it and knew she was not built for that. She worked and continues to work very hard still being our primary income in the house. I may not talk of religion much either...but she is one that sort of got me back going to church after we got married. And its been good for me and we are in a good community that we all enjoy. There are sunday mornings Id rather sleep in...but she sort of gets us going and up and ready to go...and im always happy she did afterward.
-My kids in different ways...for how they work through different things and situations...what they need to push and motivate them also gets me inspired to do more for them.
-My parents still in every way...even when gone inspire me to be a better man, husband, father, and friend.
-Maybe strange...maybe not...posts here at times. Like those in the running thread, or people who have gone through great trials or loss...and how people react to things inspires me to let go of a lot of the smaller stuff. Though, that is always a work in progress.
There are many more as well...but didn't want to push that all in one post (which was already a bit long).
