We are used to living in a world with a different set of goals💪👍. Some of these objectives are related to our job👮, careers, home🏡, school, 👷personal or professional, etc. And in order to achieve those targets, we need to be and stay motivated💃. Otherwise, we can become slackers😴. No offense! However, this stimulus is often not given😟. Sometimes is even harder to obtain a reason to move forward.
😩But why does this happens to us goal-achievers? Why is it so hard sometimes to find motivation and STAY motivated to complete our tasks? 😭Tell me in the comment section why you feel unmotivated sometimes. 👀I read your comment and give you feedback.
We all have different reasons. But some of my personal reasons to feel unmotivated when I was younger were that I lost interest during the process of achieving the goal due to difficulty. 👎Also, I felt unmotivated when I was aware of how many steps I have to climb in order to achieve this objective. Additionally, when a negative life situation happened such as the loss of my grandmother😢, or a similar situation, kept me from reaching my goals. So, these are some examples, but we all have different life scenarios that can lead us to the same end result; lack of drive.
Thus, in this blog-post, I will be going over some of the best techniques to stay motivated. 👍Particularly, I would like to focus this post on a special audience of mine; students! So, if you're a student in college/university or school, this is for you. However, some of these techniques that I will talk about can apply also to other goals outside the education system. 😃
Here we go!
1. Think about your end goal, and imagine the positive scenario/feeling when you reach this target. Let's say that you feel happy and complete when finishing this goal. The thought of a happy feeling is a stimulant to be motivated. Suppose you have a paper due in 4 days (your objective), but the thought of writing it is overwhelming and negative for you (lack of drive). To be honest, this is not motivating at all. But, when you think about the possibility of doing a good job, finishing this paper and getting an A+ is very rewarding, and keeps you motivated.
2. Set reachable goals, not unrealistic ones. Sometimes, we over-achievers like to fill our to-do-list with too many objectives. And then, when we look at that list it makes us feel overwhelmed and upset because there is just so much to do and not enough time! For example, in your to-do-list for today you have the following (unrealistic):
a. read 10 textbook chapters
b. prepare a review for each chapter
c. email my professor about my grades
d. clean the house
e. cook a fancy dinner
In this scenario of a to-do-list, there are things that are very attainable, and other items that seem excessive. For example, emailing your professor is easy and it only takes 5 minutes. But reading 10 chapters today and clean the entire house seems excessive and unnecessary. Plus, your mind can only retain an amount of information and the rest will be a waste of your time. Unless you're a superhuman with an IQ of 180 and a photographic memory, then you can do it, lol. But for us regular mortals, we need more realistic goals. So here is the same list (but more realistic):
a. read 1 textbook chapter
b. prepare a review for that 1 chapter
c. email my professor about my grades
d. clean my room
e. warm up a frozen meal
3. Discover and select your most productive day time and place to complete your goals. We all have a specific time during the day where we are well-rested and sharp. For example, some people are morning persons. Meanwhile, others are night persons, and others are a combination of these. So during the week, observe your own behavior and energy levels to determine the time of the day where you are highly productive and try to reserve that moment to complete your objectives. Also, there are places where we feel comfortable to do our jobs (because being a student is your job). In your house, this can be a corner in the living room or bedroom. Or you can choose to go to your nearest library. This day-time and ambiance are ideal to stay motivated.
4. "Compete" with your peers in a positive way. A 'healthy' competition is the one that you're not envying your peer, but instead you try to imitate this person to achieve similar goals. You can also communicate with your fellow student and ask him/her advice on how they got an A+ on that difficult test. Students often understand each other because you're both going through the same class.
5. Celebrate your small accomplishments. Every small goal has a difficulty level, not just the big ones like graduation. But once you achieve that task, you can celebrate it because you made it! Feel jolly about your performance and your success. And to celebrate you can have ice cream, chocolate, you can dance to your favorite music, you can share your news with your family or friends, you can buy yourself a small item like an inexpensive t-shirt, or anything that feels like a celebration within your capacity. The point is to praise yourself and commemorate this time of achievement. After all, you did all the job and this keeps you motivated to continue moving to other bigger milestones like finishing school/college.
Well, I hope these tips help you move forward with your tasks. Thank you for reading this blog!😀✌
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