What to Do if You Aren’t Feeling Motivated

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or another hour of sleep and staying in my cozy bed. Before starting to study, I am looking for distractions to procrastinate with. In the moment of starting these tasks, I am actively trying to avoid them. I don’t experience motivation as a catalyzer to do what is good for me. Instead, motivation arises once I am already working on my task. Once taken the first step, and reaping the first few accomplishments, stopping becomes more unlikely than continuing.But why do I think I would regret doing any of these actions right before doing them?Maybe I had it the wrong way around all the time.Waiting for motivation before starting means that I let my feelings dictate my actions. This way, I would do what I feel like right now, which again creates

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the same feeling that made me act in the first place, resulting in no change in motivation.Instead, I could turn it upside down. What if I let my actions create my feelings? Pushing through this first resistance by choosing action over listening to how I feel allows me to create momentum and further increases my motivation.Doing the latter, I am choosing offense over defense. I am choosing to take responsibility for my life over being a victim of my circumstances and emotions.Taking the first step is half of the work.Therefore, choose a small task first, which allows you to start without crossing an intimidating first obstacle. And once you overcome it, use the built momentum to finish your task.</article></body>

What to Do if You Aren’t Feeling Motivated

One simple mindset shift allowing you to start crushing your tasks.

Leaving bed before sunrise isn’t fun. Neither is working out for an hour or studying a whole day. However, I have never regretted doing any of these activities afterward. Rationally, I know perfectly fine which amazing benefits they offer and how they improve my days. Yet, I never felt like doing them.

I wake up at 5:30 AM and am wishing for another hour of sleep and staying in my cozy bed. Before starting to study, I am looking for distractions to procrastinate with. In the moment of starting these tasks, I am actively trying to avoid them. I don’t experience motivation as a catalyzer to do what is good for me. Instead, motivation arises once I am already working on my task. Once taken the first step, and reaping the first few accomplishments, stopping becomes more unlikely than continuing.

But why do I think I would regret doing any of these actions right before doing them?

Maybe I had it the wrong way around all the time.

Waiting for motivation before starting means that I let my feelings dictate my actions. This way, I would do what I feel like right now, which again creates the same feeling that made me act in the first place, resulting in no change in motivation.

Instead, I could turn it upside down. What if I let my actions create my feelings? Pushing through this first resistance by choosing action over listening to how I feel allows me to create momentum and further increases my motivation.

Doing the latter, I am choosing offense over defense. I am choosing to take responsibility for my life over being a victim of my circumstances and emotions.

Taking the first step is half of the work.

Therefore, choose a small task first, which allows you to start without crossing an intimidating first obstacle. And once you overcome it, use the built momentum to finish your task.