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David Blume
Feb 11, 2015
Reasons to get up in the morning:

1. Have to pee.
2. Hungry.
3. Need caffeine.
4. As a parent, have to drive kids to school.
5. As a spouse, have to help my mate.
6. As a worker, have to get job done.
7. As a Pythonista, want to write some code.
8. As a media consumer, haven't finished Fringe or Altered Carbon yet.
9. As a humanist, want to effect change for the better.
10. Don't believe in Makura-gaeshi, so I... what? don't worry about my pillows? That doesn't get me up in the morning.

Comments

David Blume on Feb 11, 2015
For the confused: This post is a reply in this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/dblume/status/565671889264455681

David Blume on Feb 11, 2015
As far as Maslow's hierarchy of needs goes, "not believing in something" doesn't even register. It's right there with "absolute apathy".

Daryl Spitzer on Feb 12, 2015
I didn't mean that "not believe in something" gives me a reason to get up in the morning. Just that I don't need to believe in a god to have a reason to get up in the morning. But I get your point. Those are all good reasons, especially number 9.

David Blume on Feb 12, 2015
Yeah, I felt strangely compelled to make the distinction, and it is the basis of why I don't identify as atheist. I identify with the things that drive my actions each day. I am completely unsurprised by the failed atheist conventions, and the success of PyCon.

Daryl Spitzer on Feb 12, 2015
Are there a lot of failed atheist conventions?

David Blume on Feb 12, 2015
Oh, that's hearsay. I read a blog post years ago about an Atheist convention in Australia that was disappointing. When I read it, I thought, "I can believe that."

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