Motivation (or the lack thereof)

Posted on June 9, 2008
Filed Under Creating your own Reality, Fitness and Exercise, Self Discipline |

Sometimes I could just slap myself upside the head. And then some.

By all rights, this weekend should have been a pretty good one.

Saturday morning I measured my waistline and found that I lost 1 1/2 inches in the last two weeks via my new exercise/diet regimen. Some of that is probably water as this is just the beginning but I’m still thrilled. Add to that the fact that on the weekends I can eat anything I want to spike up my metabolism so I’m looking forward to being in chocolate heaven. Also, sunshine was forecasted for Saturday and for once the weather guessers were right!. It was intermittent, but it was there. One would think that would make for a good start to any weekend.

But no. Instead I spent my time moping around feeling sorry for myself. Oh poor me.

Also, In the past I have found that if I have too much time on my hands, my ability to motivate myself can be a challenge. As my life stands right now, I don’t have many responsibilities and I don’t know that many people in Vancouver.

So, with all this time on my hands, you would think that I’m off doing all sorts of cool things. Nope. This weekend I mostly spent feeling sorry for myself. Feeling lonely. Did I do anything about it? No. I just wallowed in it. And that’s a problem because wallowing just begat’s more wallowing. Arrrgh!

Then a post on Twitter sent me to the New York Times this morning and it was like I came to out of a fog. I realized there’s a whole world out there filled with so many interesting things to know, places to go, things to do. And, I saw that in comparison to some, my life is pretty darn good.

Stephen over at Adversity University has got a great idea going there with his End of the Week Gratitude themes. (Talk about synchronicity, last week’s theme was about people who are promoting him! ) Perhaps that’s what I should have been reading Friday afternoon before my descent into my funk. There’s nothing better than appreciating what we’ve got in life.

So, thank goodness, I’m back in the saddle but man, sometimes I could just kick myself. Instead, I think I’ll just work on better ways to keep myself motivated.

How do you do it?

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5 Responses to “Motivation (or the lack thereof)”

Stephen Hopson on June 9th, 2008 3:29 pm

Congrats on finding the light out out of the fog. We all go through it, whether or not we like to admit it. There’s always a way to cut through it, as you found out. That’s GREAT!

Thanks for mentioning it though.

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Alexander M Zoltai on June 9th, 2008 6:46 pm

The only thing that’s ever consistently motivated me is a “Big” goal–a Goal that is a Purpose that is integral to a Belief.

Sorry for all the Capitals but our grind-it-all-down-to-mediocre-level culture is getting immune to some of the finest words in the world lexicon…

Oops… [ Alex steps off the soapbox ]

I’ve always needed a goal bigger than my self.

~ Alex

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admin on June 9th, 2008 10:25 pm

Well, thank you Stephen for your good humor and tact. And please do accept my sincerest apologies. It would appear I’m still in the fog. Maybe a “Weed” of Gratitude would help. LOL
admin on June 9th, 2008 10:33 pm

Thank you Alexander. I appreciate the food for thought.
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