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motivated

['mOu ti vei tid] = /ˈmoʊtɪveɪtɪd/
  1. If you are motivated to do something, you want to do it very much. You are ready to work hard to achieve your goal.
    Yesterday I read my first book in English. Now I am very motivated to keep studying.
    Your son is getting poor grades at school because he’s not motivated to learn new things.
    He is the most motivated programmer that I have seen. Every day, he spends 12 hours in front of his computer.