What Gets You Up Every Morning?

What do you live for?
Some say friends, family, grades, school.

When I first went about this question, the first thing that popped into my mind was calculus. If you constantly follow my series of Facebook statuses, you would know that calculus is the bane of my existence. Why is it the one thing that gets me up in the morning? It doesn't even get me through the day, and it's the last thing I think about every week.

Reevaluating my answer, I would choose a more general term: success.

I said calculus because I need to be at every class so that I could understand everything that goes on in that class. I want to understand everything so that I could get a good grade on my quizzes and pull up my D grade from the previous midterm. I don't want any grade below a C and I don't want to retake any courses. I just want to do well so that I could get a good co-op and succeed in everything I do. Granted, I would not be able to succeed in EVERYTHING, but I want to at least put in the effort.

The worst part is when I study for hours on end and somebody else who barely studies and barely goes to class gets a better grade than me. THAT kills me. I constantly compare myself to others, and I set my goals so that I could beat the slackers and my efforts can be shown through my grades.

I'm in constant need to succeed.