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How to be more motivated
It made me
more honest
 "I don't think I need to be more motivated anymore - what I need is to find things that make me enthusiastic. "
How I did it: For the longest time I've thought I was just a low-energy kind of person. I'm not. When I find something that truly interests or moves me, I'm beyond motivated - I'll stay up all night, kill my body, get insomnia, write for hours, move faster than lightning, or whatever it takes. I thought I needed to be more motivated in general but I don't. I need to find something big that I feel really, really passionate about, and the rest will follow. I'm naturally a dynamo when it comes to things I love. It just takes something peculiar to make me love it. I've gotten a lot more motivated with school - I think that's what I was referring to when I made this one of my goals. I've actually started studying again, getting more diligent, thinking ahead about my next class or the next test. These are things I was incapable of doing for five or six years because it just didn't interest me. I got interested when I messed up so badly that I couldn't see a path ahead of myself and my brother had to help me see it. Now that I've had a big moment of catharsis it's a lot easier for me to say, "I just need to get this done, get my degree, and get it out of the way." What motivates me is seeing getting my degree as a step towards what I really want. And once I've framed it differently - not as an end unto itself, but as a step towards a greater goal - I've been doing really well.
Lessons & tips: I don't have a formula for this, but my advice would be to look at the things that naturally motivate you and frame the things you need to get done within them. How is this a step forward in your life? What's the big-picture lesson you can get out of this? But honestly, everyone's going to get motivated differently. I'm still looking for something I feel really moved by. Sometimes you just have to get burned by the pot before you genuinely accept that it's hot.
Resources: Life! Living! Being down in the dumps, thinking, contemplating, wanting to be a better person, and getting through. My brother, who made me honest and loved me. My parents, who think I'm destined for great things despite my messing up beyond what I thought was the reaches of their love. Writing. My notebook. That's really important - I'm most honest when I write, and that's how I worked things through.
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Suzi_1 'What the 'Eye' Sees the mind can aquire'
How I did it: I started to follow a goal on being minful and applied it to this one.Everything I did ... I focused only on that one thing and concentrated my whole energy into it whether I was in a good motivated mood or not and when things started to get accomplished I became motivated automatically ; ) Read how I did it…
i procrastinate a lot!! Way too much more than what i can handle. At the end of the day the workload would just pile up so much that i ended up not doing them all together!! i want to be more motivated! more action oriented rather than making plans that would never come true!! so it starts now!!
DivsSA wants something amazing
UNISA – Bleh
What can I say more hard work than I have time for, but my money, all that moaney I’m wasting by registering and not studying is giving me bad dreams and hot flushes (I’m too young for all that crap hey)
So here is my declaration…
I ‘DivsSA’ promise to study atleast one hour every work day till my last exam.
Weekends are to short to do anything let alone study so trying to keep this as realistic as I can… wish me luck
Melissa41 is working, one goal at a time.
I’m lazy and tired the majority of the time and have a lot of goals I feel as though I will never be genuinely content until I complete them. One thing I know is the key is motivation—something I do not have.
Motivation takes energy. Another thing I do not have.
So I’m trying to work at it so I can become a happier person.
Suzi_1 'What the 'Eye' Sees the mind can aquire'
Keeping blinkered and focussed on one daily goal a day and practicing mindfullness this way I don’t need to worry about being motivated or not I’m doing things and thats what matters and thats what will lead me to my goals.
Suzi_1 'What the 'Eye' Sees the mind can aquire'
100 calls a day and 1 litre of water a day
- Result : One week later have been doing 1 liter a day
still working on reaching 100 calls but still got great
sales so I’m happy ; )
Same Goal for next week except increasing the water to 1.5 litre
myonlyappeal is working all this week and expects to fall apart by the end. Woo.
I’ve finally kicked myself into overdrive. I’m doing all the things I’ve wanted to. I’ve been applying for lots of music internships, signing up for tarot and belly-dancing classes, and filling out transfer applications for school in New York. This weekend I’ll be doing laundry and packing. It’ll be wonderful.
I’m really excited about these changes in my life.
I feel like my life is going unlived. I want to make things happen. To make my will go to work. I promised a dead man that I would.
Mrs. Bryce is relaxing with her hubby.
I can officially check this goal as completed because since January I have made commitments and followed them through 100%! Here’s a list of a few things that I’ve been motivated to change:
1) Exercise 4-6 times per week.
2) Stop drinking coffee (more importantly Iced Caramel Macchiatos!).
3) Stop using Splenda (I used to get horrible headaches and they disappeared after I stopped).
4) Stop eating fast food (I used to be addicted so I’m still surprised that I was able to give it up!)
5) Stop drinking alcoholic beverages (aside from on my wedding day and honeymoon, I’ve shown remarkable restraint!).
I am so proud of myself, now all I need to do is find the motivation to get an A in my last statistics course!
ashf8ful wants to get a bike and ride it
leave my husband
live, not merely exist
enjoy life
get a piercing
do something amazing
Learn to play tabla
get away
watch Grey's Anatomy
Meet Frank Iero
Learn the Napoleon Dynamite dance
go on a cruise
mublemind wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
visit a castle
backpack through Europe
Visit every country in the world
become a famous writer
speak japanese fluently
drink a gallon of water a day
carlav wants to watch more movies
participate in CFNM activities
