Reading about the influences of self-regulation was an interesting topic for me, as I felt I could relate personally. According to the text, there are 3 major influences of self-regulation. These include knowledge, motivation, and volition. The influence I can currently relate to the most is motivation. I've decided to take the (major) leap and transition out of a 10+ year career in corporate America to pursue something entirely different. Though it was a tough decision to make, I knew it was the right decision because I was no longer motivated to do my current job in my current environment.
In an attempt to find motivation again before I made this leap, I decided to apply externally to other similar corporate jobs but in a new office setting. I thought maybe a new office environment with new people would make work interesting again. What I found when I went through those interviews was that though it might be a new office, it still felt the same. I knew even moving to a new corporate environment wasn't going to make me feel any more motivated, or any more happy in my career. When you're lacking motivation, it's truly difficult to learn anything new. The excitement and drive just isn't there, and it feels like work, rather than something interesting, fun or fulfilling. Without motivation at work, I haven't felt interested to learn more about my work, and I'm in a relatively new job. In the past 10 years I've worked at Kellogg, I've held 7 different positions. I was always searching for new positions, hoping this new one might be more fulfilling than the last. Rather, what I'd find nearly every time about a year into this job, I was already ready for the next because I was lacking the motivation to keep learning more. Without motivation, you just get burned out. Or maybe it's the reverse, my burn out has caused for a lack of motivation in my work.
Burn out is a real thing that affects so much more of my life outside of work. I'm so burnt out from work, I miss out on things I enjoy, like yoga or cooking new recipes because the burn out is real. It's truly amazing how a lack of motivation to learn can transpire to other parts of your life when the burn out is so strong.
According to the text, Wolfolk explains, "My neighbor, a 10-year old basketball enthusiast, can spend hours shooting hopps in her driveway" (Woolfolk, p. 441, 2019). When I was a kid, I remember having this same motivation. I was interested in art, so I'd spend hours coloring in coloring books, or sketching inatimate objects I could find around our house in a little art journal. I also loved playing the piano, and though my parents loosely enforced I practice a half hour a day, I often practiced for much longer because I loved it. I miss having something especially in my career like this - something that I am so interested in, I can work on for hours because I want to make myself better, and I want to be a motivated learner.
Taking these classes for my licensure has sparked some motivation again for me. I haven't felt like this in awhile. School for me is an escape from my regular work life, and I'm loving it!
In an attempt to find motivation again before I made this leap, I decided to apply externally to other similar corporate jobs but in a new office setting. I thought maybe a new office environment with new people would make work interesting again. What I found when I went through those interviews was that though it might be a new office, it still felt the same. I knew even moving to a new corporate environment wasn't going to make me feel any more motivated, or any more happy in my career. When you're lacking motivation, it's truly difficult to learn anything new. The excitement and drive just isn't there, and it feels like work, rather than something interesting, fun or fulfilling. Without motivation at work, I haven't felt interested to learn more about my work, and I'm in a relatively new job. In the past 10 years I've worked at Kellogg, I've held 7 different positions. I was always searching for new positions, hoping this new one might be more fulfilling than the last. Rather, what I'd find nearly every time about a year into this job, I was already ready for the next because I was lacking the motivation to keep learning more. Without motivation, you just get burned out. Or maybe it's the reverse, my burn out has caused for a lack of motivation in my work.
Burn out is a real thing that affects so much more of my life outside of work. I'm so burnt out from work, I miss out on things I enjoy, like yoga or cooking new recipes because the burn out is real. It's truly amazing how a lack of motivation to learn can transpire to other parts of your life when the burn out is so strong.
According to the text, Wolfolk explains, "My neighbor, a 10-year old basketball enthusiast, can spend hours shooting hopps in her driveway" (Woolfolk, p. 441, 2019). When I was a kid, I remember having this same motivation. I was interested in art, so I'd spend hours coloring in coloring books, or sketching inatimate objects I could find around our house in a little art journal. I also loved playing the piano, and though my parents loosely enforced I practice a half hour a day, I often practiced for much longer because I loved it. I miss having something especially in my career like this - something that I am so interested in, I can work on for hours because I want to make myself better, and I want to be a motivated learner.
Taking these classes for my licensure has sparked some motivation again for me. I haven't felt like this in awhile. School for me is an escape from my regular work life, and I'm loving it!
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