Thank you to WordPress for another thought-provoking prompt.
- Seeing other people do what I want to do. Examples include big and little things: do yoga, save money, clean, travel, get facials, read books, write, and garden.
- Reading about other people’s goals and intentions (no matter how different from mine) is inspiring!
- Taking the smallest action possible. Example: yoga= find the mat. Read=find the Kindle. Meditate = turn on earbuds and place them into ears. I credit this to GTD and David Allen.
- Thinking of friends who passed away. Especially when it comes to big decisions such as travel and experiences.
- Writing out exactly what I want in my journal. Literally starting a sentence “I want…” Somehow that sets gears in motion in my brain.
- Long-term and short-term planning. In other words, planning in yearly, quintile and daily manner (thank you, SHU and your podcast!)
- Anticipating regret – asking myself a question “if I do/don’t do [….], will I regret it later?” This question mainly works for big decisions and intangible opportunities, not so much the everyday details.
- Pep talk. I am not big on Tony Robbins or other self-help giants. I do admit that YouTube videos featuring these speakers with images of athletes winning or firefighters rescuing cats from a burning building can be extremely motivational. That is NOT my go-to strategy to get myself out of an unmotivated state but I do remember that there were times when this strategy worked.
- Self pep talk works most of the time.
What motivates you?
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