Tips for getting motivated

[Humberto]

Please share yours.

About the only tips I have are:

• I imagine myself doing the task. After a while I get up and actually do it.
• Before going to sleep, I plan my next day and decide what it is I want to achieve.

 

[Picard]

I'm not motivated that often.

But when I am motivated ... I go lie down until the feeling passes.

 

[medicnick83]

Whats lots of YouTube movie clips on the topic!

 

[pgs]

Whats lots of YouTube movie clips on the topic!

I could relate to that!

 

[KevRSA]

Visualize your task done and the effect it has had on you and others.

 

[AlmightyBender]

I do it in reverse. You don't need motivation to do anything, you just do it. Motivation for me comes after, while I'm actually in process.

 

[RexxGrim]

Please share yours.

About the only tips I have are:

• I imagine myself doing the task. After a while I get up and actually do it.
• Before going to sleep, I plan my next day and decide what it is I want to achieve.

So what have you planned to achieve today?

 

[RazedInBlack]

I'm not motivated that often.

But when I am motivated ... I go lie down until the feeling passes.

Classic!

 

[guest2013-1]

Please share yours.

About the only tips I have are:

• I imagine myself doing the task. After a while I get up and actually do it.
• Before going to sleep, I plan my next day and decide what it is I want to achieve.

I do that too, except when I think of myself doing that task I get put off and avoid that task, even if I have to do it. I also plan my day the next day, thinking of all the things I will be doing, then I end up not doing those either because it's mundane and boring

 

[syntax]

Depends on the task:
for studying or exams etc, i just schedule my exams, which then puts pressure and forces me to study and prepare.
Other tasks, i do them whilst feeling demotivated i guess.
Lastly, i setup a goal of something fun to do after the crappy task, and use it almost as a reward

 

[JustDoHeat]

Just do it! Nothing will happen if you just sit there. If you are struggling to get going imagine the benefits of the end product. For me night classes as a young man were tough, but I asked myself "If I don't, where will I be years from now?". The answer was nowhere so I just got on with it.

What syntax said about rewards is also a good idea.

 

[Gabriellam]