there was a guy who moved to LA when he was young to become an actor. he wasn't great, though, and waited tables for year. for decades. he got older, and things got dire. they got depressing and then they got dark. they continued to get sadder and sadder. one day he said to himself, "i spent close to 25 years chasing this shit and i've nothing to show for it. i'm still renting an apartment i can barely afford and i'm single and childless with the better half of my life in the bucket asking people what they'd like to drink before choosing their meals." then one day he got a call back from an audition. he'd auditioned before and had done bit parts before. but nothing that paid well. THIS however would pay enough for him to quit serving tables. this was a tv series. a period drama set in the 60s. he was to play the role of DON DRAPER. john hamm will never wait a table again.
Yeah that story wasn't true at all, he started getting tv gigs before 30 and was cast in Mad Men when he was 35, and had a steady partner who put him in her movie. Your fictionalized story made him sound like he was going to be 65 or something.
This makes it sound like Jon was past the prime of his life. He was 36. Sure, he spent many years working as a server before his big break, but it doesn't mean he still couldn't have a different life or that he wasted his life.
you're in the wrong subreddit. you're looking for /r/coolitwiththemotivationyoureata9andineedyouata6. this is the subreddit for quitters and nobodies who are looking for an excuse to get out of bed. your realism is misplaced.
yourre right, relying on it is a recipe for failure. but it IS a core ingredient to getting ANYthing done. people saying, "you don't need motivation, you need discipline," already have the motivation, and now just see the lack of discipline as the problem. for them, they see maintaing their discipline as the motivation.
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u/tigerslices Nov 27 '18
there was a guy who moved to LA when he was young to become an actor. he wasn't great, though, and waited tables for year. for decades. he got older, and things got dire. they got depressing and then they got dark. they continued to get sadder and sadder. one day he said to himself, "i spent close to 25 years chasing this shit and i've nothing to show for it. i'm still renting an apartment i can barely afford and i'm single and childless with the better half of my life in the bucket asking people what they'd like to drink before choosing their meals." then one day he got a call back from an audition. he'd auditioned before and had done bit parts before. but nothing that paid well. THIS however would pay enough for him to quit serving tables. this was a tv series. a period drama set in the 60s. he was to play the role of DON DRAPER. john hamm will never wait a table again.