If you are like me, I am sure there are days when you just can’t get yourself motivated. This often happens to me when I am feeling overwhelmed, fatigued, or just “not in the mood” to do what I need to do. Here are some tips I use to get myself motivated. Maybe they will help you as well.

1) If a feeling of overwhelm is what is causing the paralysis, the best thing you can do it have a dumping session. Sit down and write a list of everything you need to get done, everything that is currently floating around in your head causing you to not act on any of it. Make your list in sections: personal tasks could be one category, like sending your mother a birthday card. You might have a marketing section if you are a business owner, and so on. Put as much on the list as you can think of. The idea is to remove it from your head so that the paper can remember it all for you. It also helps to see it all on paper in one place. What you can do after your list is complete is highlight what you plan on accomplishing today, this week, next week, etc. You can use a different color highlighter for each time frame. What you have now accomplished is you have dumped all of this from your mind - you should feel lighter. You have also come up with an organized plan of when you will accomplish each task, so you should feel less overwhelmed and able to move forward.

2) If you are feeling fatigued and/or not in the mood to do what you need to do, try this: commit to doing the task for 10 minutes. Anyone can live through 10 minutes of something they don’t want to do. What happens when I do this is I often end up continuing with the task for much longer than 10 minutes. I get involved and realize that it’s not so bad. I have noticed that if I push through the fatigue, I often get that second wind, whereas if I sit around lethargically, I usually feel even more tired.

What can you do if none of this works? Well, it might be that you just need a break and that you should allow yourself some self care time. Give yourself a time limit dependent on how overworked you are and how much of a break you deserve. If you decide that an hour is adequate, then take an hour, and do something you enjoy without regret. Doing so without regret is the key here. If you assess the situation and decide you need the time to recharge, then decide to give yourself that time joyfully. Then, once the hour is up, commit to getting back to work. By then, you will most likely feel recharged and ready to move forward.

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