Motivation is Gone

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DT08

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I don't know what has happened, but I've lost my motivation for detailing cars. I might be in some type of slump or something. Have any of you felt like that and how did you get your motivation back?
 
Yep - to an extent I am still feeling that way. Other things seem to have crept in and stolen my attention.

One way I "got better" was to lower my expectations on my personal vehicles used as daily drivers. They are never going to be 100%, and I was running myself to death trying to keep them that way. I feel like that lead to part of my disillusionment with detailing.

The more you know from reading on the boards, the easier it is to pick apart everything about your vehicles. Sometimes ignorance (or ignoring) is a good thing. I was making mountains out of molehills and taking all the fun out of it.
 
I call it the peaks and valley's of life. Sometimes your in the valley and sometimes your on the mountain. Just work through it you may just need a break!
 
ive been there before ..just take your car to the car wash for awhile and then your motivation will come back ..
 
I understand. I have gone from "it must be perfect 100% of the time" to "Bah, I'll get to it when I get to it." That's for our cars. The heat & humidity (a constant) where I live will suck the motivation right out of you even if you're all pumped up to "get'r done".
 
I'm passionate about detailing, but I do think I need a break. The past couple of weeks have been a little hectic. Working my full-time gig, going to school, and then detailing cars on the weekend can get a little hectic. I keep telling myself I need to slow down, but I'm passionate about it. When my phone rings and it's someone wanting to get their car done, it's hard to say no. I'm starting to think I'm afraid to say no, which might be part of the problem. It might sound crazy, but I feel if I tell a person I can't get to their car they might feel like I'm blowing them off, then they might try to give me a bad name. I know it might sound crazy, but some people out there are just so sensitive.

@Bigron62: LOL!! That might do it. Part of the reason why I detail cars now.
 
I have one more car to detail on my calender, next weekend Toyota Prius I think, I found my saying just yesterday, "I hope this is the last detail of the season." In all reallity the "winterize my car" season has just begun here in central PA. I to am involved in too much stuff and might need a break. But I know that if they call I will do. I don't want to miss out on any word of mouth advertizing. I too like Big Ron's Idea. One of the other tennants here ran his Harley into my drivers side rear door and now I don't even want to wash the darned car. Good luck getting your detailing mojo back. TD
 
On the 17th of June I had artificial disc's put in my back.
That will take away any motivation to do anything along with detailing. :wall
 
I dropped out of detailing for a whole host of reasons but what worries me is why I do not start up again. For me it all boils down to what I want to do. I do not understand why I want to do nothing. I love shiny trucks and had one for a lot of years. Now I do not have a shiny anything and I feel bad. Do I detail my vehicle now...No, but my step son did clean and wash the car for the first time in his life...now that he has his drivers license and wants the use of the vehicle for something other than going to school. Girls come to mind..HMMMMM

I read the forum to wet my appetite much in the same way I did when I wanted to start eating again. "Iron Chef", "Dinners, Diners, and Dives", Paula's Party and many more all were helpful. Somehow it seems to not be working this time. I know what I need to do.....just do it!!
 
Going through this as well. Just need a break from time to time. I just never feel like I am done. I leave a detail thinking about what I might have missed. You have to draw the line somewhere. I had a box of q-tips out on my last detail. At least the summer is over. Florida heat and humidity doesn't help with the motivation.
 
Even though I'm hitting my car hard this weekend with wax I too have lost the desire to detail. Right now I only do it to get off my butt. I enjoy messing with cars and the end result but my energy and enthusiasm is just not there. Will I ever get it back? Only time will tell.:passout:
 
rabbi said:
Even though I'm hitting my car hard this weekend with wax I too have lost the desire to detail. Right now I only do it to get off my butt. I enjoy messing with cars and the end result but my energy and enthusiasm is just not there. Will I ever get it back? Only time will tell.:passout:
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talk to the Whaler ... he'll get you back on the right path :D
 
This detailing stuff is like a "heroin addict trying to get the same feeling after 100 doses as he did the first time" ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN!

Please, I have no idea if its true it's what i have read and heard only.Again after 101st dose they call me in.

I feel you can never keep up buying or looking for the ultimate shine after you have gotten to a certain point. You just are wasting time and building stock at a sometimes high cost. Do what ya know and keep your cars/trucks clean waxed and shiny.I am sure they look better than the other 99% running down the roads. I know mine do...

New and improved is a marketing strategy used in every business on the planet. I use what works lasts and is priced right, not what looks good on the shelf.
 
I went through these peaks and valleys often earlier in my detailing days. If I remember right it was just because I under bidded a car and felt I was selling myself short, but failing at the business end of detailing only made me stronger and a lesson learned. Now I will just get to complacent at times, but a dose of the Speed Channel or an Auto Auction on Discovery HD gets my blood boiling for cars and everything about them. Then I'm as good as new, sounds dumb, but if I watch a show where a successful entrepeneur is on TV and able do what he/or she loves for money it drives me to not be content and to not be content until I've at least reached that level.
 
I have a similar problem - I get the urge to detail and set up a whole method in my head and then get through my two bucket wash and dry and go...eh...aquawax done! I R LAZEE
 
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