{"id":57153,"date":"2026-05-20T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=57153"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:17:22","slug":"declining-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/declining-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Declining Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>In less than an hour I could set off for Geneva for a group ride, except that for this group ride I do half as a solo ride, then the second half with the group, and then I depart from the group and return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was motivated, but now I feel tired. I feel tired by never ending noise pollution from three sources, Gardeners with loud devices, roofers that have been making noise for three or four weeks by now, and road works. I turned on the fan to provide me with white noise but the never-ending noise pollution has tired me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is, that the roof was re-built three or four years ago so I really don&#8217;t understand why they needed to spend another month on it, just to add foam insulation and re-do the copper edges around the windows. Logically, and rationally all of the work should have been done three or four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Road works come from a farm deciding to rip up the tarmac, dig a trench and do something with pipes or something else for the last two days, after spending many months rebuilding a barn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s because of this noise that I fled in the morning to run around Divonne. I find that running away is the right thing to do. It gives you fresh air, fitness, and relative quiet, although someone there was playing with a leaf blower, so I didn&#8217;t flee as effectively as I had hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight the ride should be easy, at least to Geneva, and then it might be speedy with the group, and then calm again for the last four or five kilometres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was more enthusiastic when I signed up, than now. Now I feel fatigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to sign up for all of these things, and then, before the event to have a change of heart, like I am having now. I already ran this morning so I was already sporty. This would be adding another layer. I should start getting ready now if I want to be on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>In less than an hour I could set off for Geneva for a group ride, except that for this group ride I do half as a solo ride, then the second half with the group, and then I depart from the group and return home. I was motivated, but now I feel tired. 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