In this reflection, I talk motivation as a concept. First I explore repression as in what drives us to repress certain areas in our lives and then what motivates us to tackle those areas. I then talk about deadlines and procrastination--challenging us to think about stress as well as the different ways to understand time management. Finally, I conclude with a conversation around an academic treatment of motivation and connect it back to my initial consideration of repression. Theoretical Frames: MBTI- Fe, Te, and Ni; Enneagram 8, Trauma.