Motivation comes and goes with me. I can get hit with it and then an hour later it's gone, like a puff of smoke. Or I'll be in the shower and think ok when I get out I'm going to do this, then this and then this but when I get out of the shower and by the time I'm dressed and ready to begin I can't be bothered!
Short attention span maybe?? I always have grand plans when lying in bed or the shower or driving possibly because they are plans but then when I can actually implement these amazing plans and ideas I realise how much work that really is! Laziness maybe??
When motivation hits I try and grab on for as long as I can and make the most of it. I'll get some blog posts written (case in point!), clean the house, do the grocery shopping, cook, make phones calls I keep putting off, research and implement ideas for Rainbow Designs, write newsletters and facebook updates etc.
Sometimes it's just so overwhelming and I don't know where to start, this is when I make a cuppa and look on Ozcruising for a bargain cruise :-) I love planning and planning a holiday is on the top of that list! Sometimes I think I enjoy that stage of it more than the actual holiday, not really but close! I'm trying to use that love of planning for Rainbow Designs and make it more fun and interesting. It's been a hard slog these last few years and it's starting to really show. Not just within myself but also with the actual business and its feasibility. Is it still a 'business'? Am I actually making money? What's changed? Why have things stagnated and even started to go backwards? It's like I've just open the doors of a new business and starting from scratch. I've got ideas I just need to write them down and work out what the next step is. One of the things I am going to do is go through all of my old ideas books and see if that helps. I'm still a bit old school as I actually have a 'book' that I 'write' things in and not just a computer! I know, showing my age!
So 2017 is (fingers crossed) going to be the year where motivation hangs around and I make the most of it! I've already wasted a month and a half, well not wasted but not used it to its full potential, so there is no time like the present! Onwards and upwards.
How do you motivate yourself? Any tips on getting the grand plans from my head out into reality?
Jacqui ~ Rainbow Designs boss(y) lady who's misplaced her mojo but it searching high and low for it!
I'm in the same boat Jacqui. I have all these grandiose ideas in the shower, on the toilet, while I'm driving... I think "Yes what a great idea, I must do that." Only to procrastinate and put it off. I've also got a book I write in and I do some of the goals but never the really big ones I think will help me take off. I wish I new the answer on how to find and stay motivated.
ReplyDeleteMy motivation comes and goes very easily. I haven't found the answer to staying motivated I just know I need to get as much done as I can when I am motivated! You're doing a great job, I think that's half the battle, believing in yourself and your business. We can do it!
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