What I’ve come to realize was that a lot of my intrinsic motivation came from external sources — things to accomplish, people to please, due dates and deadlines, someone getting “ahead” of me. I’m just being real here, I’m sure you can relate to some extent. I would actually go as far as to say that the work that I’ve currently been doing over the past few months has been solely dictated by myself (for the most part), and it’s kind of been interesting how I’ve responded to that challenge.