I bought this domain a few years back with the idea of dissecting some basic groups of motivations and categorizing small blurbs of my thoughts into each of them.

It seemed to make for a very interesting, artistic reflection of my daily life after I had collected a few hundred posts.  But, I learned most motives aren’t so simple. They are all interconnected.

If I’m motivated by financial gain, is it really that extra buying power that is driving me to work harder to reach that goal?

Does that filter down to some greedy desire to be rich?

Or am I actually interested in something more genuine.

Each thought needs a lengthy, non-interesting back-story or they become open for interpretation and I’m too insecure to defend them all.

Christmas has always been a fun time for me.

I used to love getting presents and being surprised.  My parents have always gone way over the top to make their kids happy.

My dad has always said, “you can spend $10 on me, thats the limit”.

Mom would act thrilled to death if I drew her a stick figure on a napkin with a crayon.  She’d hurry off to find a frame, if I actually were to be so lame.

They’ve sacrificed a lot for us and sometimes I fail to show appreciation for it all.

Reciprocating the joy they’ve given me all of these years is my simple motive this Christmas and everyone after.

All families are crazy, show them love anyways.