I've had two experiences of useful feedback recently.
The first was getting back into my suit trousers after week one of a 1730 calorie per day diet. That early tangible feedback, gave me the impetus to carry on. As of the start of week 4, I've lost 7lb. (If you're at all curious as to why it's 1730 calories, I couldn't tell you. It was worked out by someone who calculated that is what I needed to do to lose on average 1lb per week if I lived a completely sedentary lifestyle). Getting that feedback was a seriously good feeling.
The second experience was confirmed after reading the feedback for TMA01 on H817. I already had high hopes that the feedback would be good, as it ticked all the boxes I try to do personally when giving written feedback - prescise and detailed, giving appropriate examples, and highlighting exact areas of copy that could be improved. I'm glad to say that the result of TMA02 and the written feedback provided for it, show that the areas I successfully acted upon (proofreading remaining my notable area of inaction), I can draw a clear link between the grade improvement and the development points highlighted.
To my tutor: Take a bow.
But there is something missing from the experience of the latter - it's that feeling of motivation arising from the first. I guess this obviously has something to do with the time-lag. Also, I guess I would be feeling pretty demotivated if the result from TMA02 would have shown little or no improvement. It is more feelings of confidence that arise from the latter.
So is it possible to turn those feelings into something more motivational? Is it impossible due to the time-lapse or is it possible by thinking about it in a particular kind of way?