I lack it. I want it. How do I get it?

Are any of you perpetual slackers like myself? Or are you very motivated? Or maybe even a former slacker who somehow became motivated?

There are things I've wanted to do for a large part of my life that would take a lot of effort, but I have never gotten myself to do them. When I come home I want to relax. On the weekend I want to have fun, I don't want to work on my goals.

What the fuck?

 Quit thinking, just do whatever it is you want to do. Thinking about it too much when you get the urge to do something easily turns into you coming up with excuses not to do it.

 Also, do one-hundred push-ups first thing every morning.

Take the time you use to post here (in your "free time", work time doesnt count) and apply it to your goal.

Without knowledge of what it is that you want to do advice is hard.

There isn't really any blanket soloution to being a slacker. You either grow out of it or are forced out of it.

Disclose your goal and maybe the advice on how to achive it will be your catalyst.

This line of thinking always reminds me of:

SUM 41-Motivation

Ok, I want to have my own line of clothing

Many things would have to be done. I'd have to reasearch the market. I'd have to design the pieces. I'd have to either find a pattern maker/ sample maker. I'd have to buy the fabrics for the samples. I'd have to figure out how much each piece should cost. I'd have to find places to sell my stuff. On top of that I'd have to take on a lot of debt to buy the fabrics and pay the pattern maker/ sample maker.

Thinking about all that makes my head feel like it's going to explode. I am very interested in fashion but I hardly design or sketch anymore. The last time I designed any clothing was probably 4-5 months ago.

i take care of my kids, do laundry and cook when it needs to be done. i don't let messes accumulate and i vacuum at least once a week. i change the sheets on my bed every other week and make sure me and my kids are clean and groomed when we leave the house.

beyond that... nothing.

obviously. i can't even be bothered to capitalize most of the time.

i noticed that being on anti-depressants made me slightly more motivated.

 What did I just say?

 Quit thinking about every little thing you need to do every time. Every once and while is fine, of course. One does need to plan ahead. Otherwise, cut that shit out.

 Think about what you need to do NOW, then do it. Then when that is done worry about the next step.

Leave yourself reminders everywhere around your home.  Little notes, even if it's just post-its, on your desk, near the television, etc., reminding you of what it is you want to do, and what your goals are.  Take something symbolic, like your favorite design, and put it up on the wall right across from your bed, so that it's the first thing you see every morning.  

Been there done that tricky.

1 : Math comes first.

2 : Market research is the bitch, never do it yourself, you are biased and will fuck it up.

3 : unique clothing is great however see below.

4 : Travel, you CANNOT start-up without a line a basics (made overseas), you must have the plain shirts,jeans and whatnot. you MUST visit the suppliers, going local via importers is suicide fiscally.

ok, im giving up on the point to point thing.


what your thinking about is really ALL math.

I think you should be looking to start your only label, leave out the idea of having a LINE of clothing untill you nail down a few pieces.


fyi : I sell retro and vintage clothing / bulk used moderns, avg. 1.5k items via ebay per/week. and i got my ass kicked starting a line. go small.. think of it as a long con, youre young, you got time.
 

hmm, rather than edit, i shall just post here that i understand how it looks like im shitting on tricks goals.


I just think label over line is the way to go.

Imagine a small goal, say you sell ten pairs of jeans for $120 each, that's $1,200. Work back from that to where you are now.

You'll need to research design, sales avenue (ebay sounds good, why not), materials, manufacture, total costs... there's some math in there, but not as much as starting your own line.

However the scale is small enough that you can hold it in your head and (worst case scenario) if you don't sell any then its not the end of the world.

Designing, making and selling 10 pairs of pants would feel pretty good I'd say. If that's not enough motivation then you should find another hobby, mate. After the first 10, you'd know what parts of your process you need to improve on to sell, say 20 pairs and make some money at the same time. Eventually you can start farming out parts of the process, ie, pay someone to make the jeans, or find a shop to display them for you etc. At the start it's important you get your head around the whole process and like homeless-joe mentions, know the numbers a little.


True story: when my wife started her gospel academy the first thing she did was a trial project to see if it would fly. She rented a studio and marketed 8 lessons leading up to a performance concert with the proceeds going to charity. She made the money for the charity, but what she was really studying was how to market signing lessons for groups of fifty, how the numbers would stack up and how to retain students long-term.

After that, when she opened her school she was doing trial lessons where 40 people would come for free, and after the lesson decide whether to join or not. Basically a mass sales-pitch. She had about 15 trial lessons over 6 weeks with a target of 150 students. First lesson, 2 of 40 sign up. Second lesson, 3 of 45 sign up. Then 3 of 35. Not good, but her team changed a few things around and eventually fixed the problem. The remaining 12 lessons averaged 18 sign-ups and she was on her way. The point is, as homeless joe mentioned, that she hadn't committed any resources until the system was working and she understood the math. That's why we're suggesting making your own stuff first. If you succeed there then you'll be able to have a clothing line eventually and you'll understand all the pieces to the puzzle.

I visualized where I was headed if I keep doing things I'm not interested in, drinking too much, and being a lazy fuck.  Do I want to end up there?

That's what finally got me motivated.  It wasn't setting goals or thinking about all the neat things that might come my way.  That part's always easy.

motivation breeds itself - so once you take a small step, it grows and grows.

whenever i have a huge project that seems to difficult to mount, i find that i can finally tackle it if i break it into very small parts.  so like take whatever is the first step, do it, and do NOT think 10 steps ahead - just focus on that 1 small part

I visualized where I was headed if I keep doing things I'm not interested in, drinking too much, and being a lazy fuck.  Do I want to end up there?

Dean Wermer was right.

Thanks for the words of encouragemant, guys.

I think I am just going to try to get into sketching again to start out. Then try to slowly work from there.

I like Emp's idea, picture how you'll feel if you do nothing for a year, when you probably could have.

I think it goes without saying that I'm by far the biggest slacker here.

whenever i have a huge project that seems to difficult to mount, i find that i can finally tackle it if i break it into very small parts.  so like take whatever is the first step, do it, and do NOT think 10 steps ahead - just focus on that 1 small part

I said the same thing!

sorry, i skimmed the thread.

tricky, you should come over some sunday or weeknight when i'm working and we can motivate each other to be productive!

tricky, you should come over some sunday or weeknight when i'm working and we can get drunk on Irish whisky, bitch about men and post hot pics of ourselves on the gun!

sorry, i skimmed the thread.

tricky, you should come over some sunday or weeknight when i'm working and we can motivate each other to be productive!

Agreed

tricky, you should come over some sunday or weeknight when i'm working and we can get drunk on Irish whisky, bitch about men and post hot pics of ourselves on the gun!

Agreed.

First pick out the country with the lowest common denominator for textile production wages and contact their local government to build a textile factory there so they can produce your clothing for the American equivalent of 10 cents an hour.

Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4: Profit!

sorry, i skimmed the thread.

i didn't say it in the thread, no worries.

i noticed that being on anti-depressants made me slightly more motivated.

i also noticed this upon starting on anti-ds. but at about the same i started with the meds, i also started using an IUD. once i had the IUD, i no longer got much of a period. hence, i am not anemic anymore either. so i am not sure whether it is the meds or the no-anemia (or both) , but i am much more motivated/ energetic than i used to be a few years back

I just wanted to post a pic too.

your contributions are always welcome

Same boat, trick. 

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It's so difficult to get motivated.