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17 January 2014

Friday Night Question. On Friday night! What motivates you to improve yourself?

post by: bearwife at: 20:48 | 20 comments

Vanity!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 January | 20:58

Terror.

posted by octothorpe 17 January | 22:13

My heartbeat.

posted by Hugh Janus 17 January | 22:31

Lack of understanding of Hungarian.

posted by jouke 17 January | 22:50

My kiddo. Cheesy but true.

posted by gaspode 17 January | 22:51

Vanity is a nice answer btw.

posted by jouke 17 January | 22:51

As a Dutchman I can only approve of cheesiness.

posted by jouke 17 January | 22:52

I think universally, but I reverse entropy locally.

posted by Ardiril 17 January | 23:06

Nothing. Not because I don't need improving (far from it) but because I can't see the point.

posted by dg 18 January | 00:40

Anger. Ego.

posted by jason's_planet 18 January | 00:53

Proper appearance and performance at my job; and self-improvement just feels good.

posted by buzzman 18 January | 01:48

Remembering where I came from - poor white trash.

posted by Senyar 18 January | 02:08

Honestly, at this point, I've all but given up improving myself. At least in any real, demonstrable sense.
I guess, though, it depends on what one means by "improve". New career? New hobby? Different haircut?

posted by Thorzdad 18 January | 07:58

Boredom.

posted by Obscure Reference 18 January | 08:44

Money, sex, power.

(Well, money and sex anyway.)

posted by Melismata 18 January | 09:21

Remembering where I came from - poor white trash.

This. Terror that I'll slip back down the slope.

posted by octothorpe 18 January | 10:34

Fear of missing out, comparing my self to other people, and thinking about what other people think of me.

Not great reasons all around, but I think those are honest.

posted by rmless2 18 January | 12:18

You can't improve on perfection. : )

posted by Pips 18 January | 14:18

Ennui.

posted by Splunge 19 January | 13:10

I don't know about improving; I simply manage to put one foot in front of the other (most days).

posted by mightshould 19 January | 18:05

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