Watching the animes. Witnessing the struggles and bravery of Goku, Seiya, Naruto, Ichigo and Harry Potter will motivate you to follow in their heroic footsteps.
I was once motivated to show support to a fellow enlister into a PhD program mostly because I had recently read a sentimental StarTrek fanfic. (She got through that first test but soon had to drop it, so on net my action was a loss, leading to waste of time and brain cells on her part, but I had had no way to foresee it.)
Maybe I couldn’t resist posting this suggestion (sorry) because “having something to protect” is such a staple of anime. But—there’s also a good case to be made here.
An analogy is motivational posters. Animes are essentially motivational posters for “having something to protect”, since after all this is often the moral of them. Nonetheless, they have advantages over motivational posters:
Higher budget. They can last hours, have animation instead of a single phrase, etc.
Watching the animes. Witnessing the struggles and bravery of Goku, Seiya, Naruto, Ichigo and Harry Potter will motivate you to follow in their heroic footsteps.
I was once motivated to show support to a fellow enlister into a PhD program mostly because I had recently read a sentimental StarTrek fanfic. (She got through that first test but soon had to drop it, so on net my action was a loss, leading to waste of time and brain cells on her part, but I had had no way to foresee it.)
Why do you believe that this approach is helpful?
Maybe I couldn’t resist posting this suggestion (sorry) because “having something to protect” is such a staple of anime. But—there’s also a good case to be made here.
An analogy is motivational posters. Animes are essentially motivational posters for “having something to protect”, since after all this is often the moral of them. Nonetheless, they have advantages over motivational posters:
Higher budget. They can last hours, have animation instead of a single phrase, etc.
They follow narratives (Hero’s Journey, etc)