Motivation

Quite honestly, lately the motivation for me has probably been my faith.

For a while now I've been trying to improve my study habits but once Lent started, it gave me a clear starting point to achieve my goals. After recieving my last report card, it wasn't awful but it wasn't something that I could say I was proud of. I know I can get better grades than the ones that I earned the last semester. I keep telling myself that, but this semester I actually want to prove it. I want to show myself that I can earn the grades that I know I could earn.
So after first semester, I went home and told my mom, I'm getting straight A's this semester.
She basically gave me this lecture about how that is a completely unrealistic goal for me considering my time management skills, and my study habits.
This just added to my motivation to prove to her and to me that I can earn the grades that I desire to get. So I suppose my motivation is intrisic because I'm working to achieve my goals for mainly my own self satisfaction and pride.