Trashing motivation

“What makes this class different?” I asked.

She thought for a bit. I think it was important to her that she answered in a way that really helped me get it.

“You know those mornings when you wake up feeling great, motivated to do stuff?” she said.

So you come out of your bedroom wanting to help out, thinking, ‘I’ll be a great help for mum today and put the rubbish out first thing’.

But then your mum yells out from the kitchen, ‘Can you put the rubbish out now!’ and you think, ‘Fuck you!’ and deliberately avoid doing it.

Well, in this course, the teachers aren’t like your mum asking you to put out the rubbish.”