There’s nothing better than those days, weeks, months when you feel completely motivated to get things done. You’re ready to hit the gym on the daily, you feel passionate about work, you’re up early every day – that’s motivation. But, then there’s other times where you just don’t feel like working out, work feels completely blah and you just want to sleep in – that’s when motivation is lacking. So what causes it to lapse? What can you do to make sure you’ve always got that get up and go feeling? Here’s a look the culprits that kill motivation and how to remove them from your life.
4 Motivation Killers to Remove From Your Life
#1. Negativity in the world. Social media, the internet and television make it pretty tough to ignore all the negativity in the world, but sometimes we have to make it our own mission to rid ourselves of all that noise. Taking time off from mainstream news, the web and social media is essential to making sure we have a balanced perspective on what’s happening in the world around us. Work on keeping it positive and letting the negative go unheard and unseen every once in a while.
#2. Fear of the unknown. When you’re embarking on something new – like heading to the gym for the first time in a long time or thinking it’s time to really step up your game at work, it’s easy to get off track because of fear. Rather than facing it and just going for it, fear gets the better of us and the next thing we know is we’re skipping a workout here and there or settling for complacency rather than getting exactly what we want. Sometimes to just have to face fear head on and literally remove it from your life – say goodbye, pull yourself up and go all in. That’s what it takes.
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#3. Complacency. This is one of the worst culprits out there. When you find yourself willing to settle because you just don’t feel like making the move or taking the action to go for it. Sometimes moving the needle from where you’re currently at to where you want to be means baby steps. And, even though baby steps seem seem insignificant, they really aren’t – because that’s exactly what you need to get started. Let’s say you want to run a marathon, but you haven’t been running in years. You can’t expect yourself to hop out of bed and simply go straight to an 18 mile training run, right? You need to start small and build up. Maybe the first week, you run a mile every couple of days, then two, three and so on. Looking back, if you’d never run that first mile you wouldn’t find yourself crossing the finish line on race day. Make sense?
#4. Past mistakes. You’re much too focused on the past and on the future rather than the right now. Here’s the thing: you may have been able to do certain things better when you were younger or you may see yourself differently in the future, but where you can actually affect change is in the present. It’s so important to pay attention to what you can do today to better yourself for the future or to heal problems from the past – so stop living in an alternate time frame and use today to be the best you can be.
Are you trying to find your motivation in this New Year? What are your personal mantras to help you stay focused on how to achieve your passions and keep yourself motivated along the way?
