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What keeps me motivated
is the fact that
you really do have an impact on people's live.
People are coming to you and saying, like:
"Oh, thank you! And it's because of you that I entered."
It really makes me happy and proud
to be part of the organisation
that is inclusive and open to people
that maybe in other organisations
don't get this opportunity.
What keeps me motivated into JEF is the fact that
– and it's also one of my arguments when I speak to people –
is the fact that you meet different people,
different opinion of people.
And you could have discussions with people of different kind.
It's not only ...
like one party vision.
It's more open-minded.
Sometimes people just don't show up.
And so I remember a conference where
there were very few people coming.
You put lots and lots of effort
to organise something, to make something great,
to prepare a street action.
And then you have nobody coming and being able to do it.
But a good way, I think, to overcome that
is to involve people in the preparation
long in advance.
And give them a bit of responsibility
on the event you're preparing
or on the project
that involves them and that at the end
they have to be there.
So, in organising a conference or a debate, for instance,
trying to have somebody contacting somebody,
somebody contacting somebody else.
Like, to share responsibility,
then they *have* to be there.
You can expect that those people will have friends
who are outside of the organisation.
And they will bring them, like:
"Hey, I did a project, I prepared this.
So you should come, that's part of my work!"
So, it also creates a dynamic
where you can bring more people into the event.
There will always be some people who do more than others.
That's not really an issue.
I mean, you don't have to make an issue of it
if it's not too bad.
I think that's really important to know that
other people have been there before you
doing the same things,
struggling with the same things.
It's normal that there are five,
six people who are really working hard
and the others, they are...
...you know that if you need,
they're there and...
don't expect more.
Just wait for their decision,
their moment.
I keep motivated going into seminars
where you meet other people
from other countries,
from other regions,
who do completely different things and you're like
'Oh, you have this idea of European wine tasting?
That's amazing, I've never come to that!'
And you exchange ideas, and that keeps you motivated.
And you also feel that you're part of something big,
of something which is transnational.
The whole seminar, everything, the activities,
it gives you a positive feeling
and some great ideas to take back to the UK.
Seminars are really motivating,
because you can feel you are not alone,
actually.
And you can
discuss with other people with a different culture,
with a different way to approach to...
and also a different way to...
...to understand the movement.
Go on a seminar, go on a seminar, go on a seminar!
As many as you can!
I mean it's a great experience.
You're seeing other European cities,
you're seeing other people, different ideas.
It's great for creativity
and also just for fun as well.
Every seminar is always
a new adventure.
I think, friendship into JEF is very important.
Because you're very glad to see people
again and again.
You can feel part
of a group,
I really like that.
I think, for me personally, it became...
...JEF
...it became not only a way to do something
for society, but also for me.
I can understand better my...
what is going on.
I can have a background,
bigger than what the university can offer.
And, another way of getting ... staying motivated,
is to speak with people in the street,
or people who are not part of JEF
about Europe and seeing
how much there is still to be done.
It's this very strong belief
that what I think is right.
In a place
where it is not even discussed.
And, I don't know,
it builds a kind of feeling,
a mentality of resistance
and a real urge to fix things
to get the message out there.
I think it's about
wanting to make the country right,
I suppose, is the main one.
And also it personally affects me.
I know it affects me, very few people do.
So, someone has to do it.
I'm very motivated by JEF
because that's exactly
what I want to do for Europe.
I'm driven by fear as well.
So, YEM UK members have historically not been British.
I am British.
The "Brexit" (British exit from the EU) affects me more than it does them.
So, yeah, I have to do this.
That's my theme.
I cannot just stay and wait for something,
someone to make change.
I think, we should start by ourselves.