[Zhavric]

Quote by: Kite I admit that I have very little self control. I have trouble getting myself to do work outside of school, and I have trouble getting myself to stop playing videogames and go outside. However, in the last few months I seem to have gotten better at these things, probably because I realized that if I do not do my work, I will not graduate, and I will not go to college. This in turn motivated me to get the work done. Self control is about knowing when to stop, and knowing when to go. On saturday, I did not use my self control, and I played one videogame for 14 hours, stopping only to eat, go to the bathroom, and mow the lawn. At the end of the day I was tired and my ass hurt. I thought, hmm, that was a bad idea, I won't do that again. This is how we control ourselves.

You're talking about motivation. This is a sub-set of self control.