What kept you going? (2 Questions)

Other than belief in Prabhupada and the scriptures, what were the secondary motives that made you continue to wake up every morning and chant your rounds (along with the puja + book distributions)? Was it fear, love, conformity, or maybe some combination of everything?

Also, if you could go back in time and talk to your ISKCON self (Let's say your past self is doing some preaching) what would you tell yourself?