What Motivates You to Go to Work Each Day?

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Specializes in CNA.

Some days its really hard for me to for get out of bed for 6.55 an hour (especially for a six hour shift.) Honestly, is forty dollars gonna make or break me?:twocents: Don't get me wrong, I get up and go. I just don't want to.

Today was one of those days. I told my little girl, "I don't wanna go to work." She said, "Well, you want that apartment don't you!" She is my motivation. I do want to get that apartment.

I know jobs are so hard to find now. I looked for work for three months before I got this job. We put out a now hiring sign last week. We had 15 people a day come in and apply for a minimum wage, part time job. Fear also motivates me. I do not want to be jobless again.

I like working hard. I take pride in knowing that I give my all on the job, even though it is minimum wage. It feels good to know that I earn my paycheck. It feels so good to come home, shower, and relax after a hard day's work.

I want to be able to make it on my own. I value independence. I can't wait until I am an aide working 40 hours a week at 9.00 an hour. Then I can support myself.

I want to have meaningful work. I want to know that I am caring for someone who really needs my help. Working a drive through window is not rewarding.

What motivates you?

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The prospect of losing my job.

I dread going to work most days because of the intense stress I sometimes deal with on the job and the anxiety I endure before going in.. But I dread being jobless even more.

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My future, more specifically, my future in nursing. I have a long way to go, but i eventually want to become a CRNA. OP, WOW! Reading your post just made me very grateful for my job & everything else I'm blessed with. Thank you for reminding me to count my blessings

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Specializes in Mostly geri :).

The humor. My personal favorite today was when I went to check a patient to see if a change was needed and she looked up and said "What are you looking for? Gold?"

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Specializes in LTC.

Sometimes it's knowing who I'll be working with.

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab, CCU, Alzheimers, Med-Surg.

Have you ever considered moving to a place where CNAs make more than 9 an hour? I live in almost the most depressed economy in the country (second to ohio), and I started with no experience at 11.12 an hour. Just something to think about.

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Specializes in CNA.

My exhusband and my children live here. He has custody of my two minor children. My children have lived in the same town and gone to the same school all of their lives. I am not leaving my kids. Without them I would have no reason to work.

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Specializes in Alzheimers and geriatric patients.

I just think, get through the day, and then you're free!!!

PS- at my LTC you start at $7.00 an hour!

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Specializes in Telemetry.
The humor. My personal favorite today was when I went to check a patient to see if a change was needed and she looked up and said "What are you looking for? Gold?"

Ha ha that's awesome... I love it! :lol2:

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have a steady income and I pretty much like the ppl I work with

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I was in your shoes not to long ago. Working at Starbucks for 8.00 an hour. May sound like alot, but I live in NYC, so it's about the same as you make if I add in the cost of living. Scrubbing toilets, making coffee, mopping floors. I have a daughter and a son too. I guess what kept me going is that I just knew that if I worked hard, and tried to better myself, that one day it would be better. That the hard work would just be temporary. That some of the people that we look at with big houses and cars, started out working from the bottom, doing the dirty work and just keeping a positive attitude and working hard to be better.

I remember not being able to afford a cup of coffee, never shopping, buying used clothes for my kids, having to keep any scraps of food we had to use for the next meal. But I knew that if I kept trying to be better, and keeping God on my side, the hard work would pay off. I eventually got promoted in 8 months because the manager saw the effort I put in. My fiance and I went through this struggle together. Walking past all the rich people in Manhattan, the big houses, just knowing that one day, we will be there( hopefully).

Now I am becoming CNA, on my way to nursing school. He is going to one of the best culinary schools in the U.S to be a chef. Costs 30,000 a year, but he did work study and paid if off by working there and working a regular job. And we know that God sees our hard work and it will pay off in the end. We just have to work to get there. Now we are waiting to make enough money to have a nice wedding. Wont settle for City Hall. Nothing comes easy. Good luck to you. Keep your head high, your attitude positive, and your goals to be better at every opportunity you can. And wish me luck for my State exam tomorrow.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

What motivates me? My kids.....I used to love going to work, now with all the budget cuts, between staff and supplies, I'm starting to dread it :(

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