I am actually a bit motivated by seeing some of my favorite people on PC responding

My father said that a few times. Most of my bosses (when I actually had bosses) never even tried. I guess they figured what's best for everyone's interest without investing futile efforts.

Exactly! I most often find that motivation comes on the go and it is the worst idea to wait for it to arrive a priori. That's the definition of reinforcement, wherever it come from. My problem is that sometimes never comes and I just dump projects. Not much anymore but sometime it is an enormous amount of energy to get some things done.

Including posting about myself on PC and then following up on the responses (which I wanted in the first place).