Motivation

[This was emailed to Alex and Brett Harris of TheRebelution.com]

Since I have joined "La Rebeluccion" a few weeks ago, subscribed to the blog, registered for the forum and registered for the upcoming "Do Hard Things" Conference in Dallas in June, it has set my mind in motion, thinking about both my job as well as today's teenagers and their futures.

I have lived alone for several years (single, never married) in a small condominium. When I moved (and afterwards), I accumulated a lot of stuff, both my own and some of my parents, who had retired and moved to East Texas to be closer to my ailing grandmother. So, I have an overaccumulation of "stuff". Some of it is sentimental, some not. But yet, I have all this stuff. I am somewhat able-bodied (with an occasional need for frequent breaks due to lack of exercise!) and yet, I can't seem to get rid of my stuff. So, here are these boxes lying about the house, lining the halls and seemingly every "nook and cranny". I've had a few good-intentioned friends comment that I "should/could clean up a little". Unfortunately, I just find it difficult to do so.

Two weeks ago, I received a call from a good friend of mine who was living at home from a recent job loss. He's a little less than half my age, looking for a job, and had a job interview in Plano, close to where I lived. He was inquiring as to my search for a roommate. We talked briefly, met the following night over dinner, and we immediately struck a roommate deal. Over the next week, he was interviewed, got a job offer, accepted and he began moving into my condominium.

Immediately, it became apparent (once again) that I had a lot of stuff. But lovingly, he said that he would help out to make our humble abode both accommodating for him and livable for me. That conversation occurred earlier this week. Over the course of the week, with a lot of love and patience on his part, we have begun The Transformation.

Last night, he said something about my lack of motivation. Overnight and this morning, as I was doing my part of The Transformation, I began thinking both about what I was doing and the recent articles I had read about doing hard things and I began to believe that, perhaps, it is a LACK OF motivation which has caused such a rut in which many of our "kidults" have found themselves.

Look around . . . according to statistics, eighty percent of those holding degrees do not have jobs that are related to their degree. We as Americans have a horrible mindset regarding living within our means ("credit cards") and many parents (both those who remain together (married) and apart (single-parent) are struggling with trying to make a living and raised their children simultaneously. Basically, it's a mess out there!

But, like my friend, with the RIGHT motivation, I believe that we (The Rebelution, churches, re-educated parents) could turn this around in our generation.

Viva la Rebeluccion!