🌳 Why You Lose Motivation

Have you ever started a project or goal with enthusiasm, only to lose motivation a few days or weeks later? Have you ever laid in bed one night and suddenly had a wave of motivation? You tell yourself that you’re going to wake up early the next day and go on a run or go to the gym, yet after 4 sessions your routine falls apart and you stop going. Sound familiar?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”

Seneca

In simple terms, the average person spends 47% of their day in a virtual reality state of the past or present. So many neglect the present

WHY YOU LOSE MOTIVATION

Have you ever started a project or goal with enthusiasm, only to lose motivation a few days or weeks later?

Have you ever laid in bed one night and suddenly had a wave of motivation? You tell yourself that you’re going to wake up early the next day and go on a run or go to the gym, yet after 4 sessions your routine falls apart and you stop going. Sound familiar?

For the majority of you, this may be the case and It just ends up with you being slightly annoyed at yourself and almost losing trust in what you tell yourself. And if you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?

Lack of clarity

Now the first reason that people tend to lose motivation is due to lack of clarity, and that is a lack of clarity around what they are trying to achieve.

Why do you need motivation? Breaking it down, someone would typically need motivation because they are trying to achieve something in which working towards that goal is not necessarily what they want to do. Let’s say for example you want to have your dream figure in the gym and although you really do want the outcome and that’s what you’re focused on, the act of going to the gym every single day may not be what you love.

Therefore, you need motivation to carry out that action to achieve that goal. If you don’t exactly know what your angle is and you’re not 100% clear on what you’re working towards then you’ll find it much harder. Whereas if you are 100% clear on why you’re doing and what you’re trying to achieve then the motivation will come much more naturally to you because you know your mission you know your reason and your purpose.

So you can’t rely on motivation to carry you toward your goal, It’s your actions that do that and this term that’s called motivation to help you to complete those actions.

Burnout

Another reason why people tend to lose motivation is due to burnout. The term ‘burnout’ is the process that happens when you overwork yourself. It’s super common in high-performing individuals that have a strict goal that they're trying to achieve. The best way to in-vision it is to treat your brain like an operating system, if you don’t give it adequate rest when necessary it will overwork itself and end up running slow or not performing properly and that is exactly what happens within your own head.

As a human, you need to listen to your own body. There was no manual we were given to state how much we can work or do a certain thing before burning out and that’s because everyone is different.

Many people try to fight burnout and work through it but If you look at it in a long-term view you can either experience burnout and then go through a period of time where you’re under-performing but still cracking on whilst always performing at 60% or you take consistent breaks when necessary to correctly regulate yourself. Taking consistent breaks means you can always perform at 100%.

What would you rather, perform at 60% for 10 hours or perform at 100% for 7?

Mathematically and logically it makes more sense to do the latter.

ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:

Look within yourself and spot patterns where you seem to lose motivation, everyone’s situation is unique.

TAKEAWAYS:

Be clear with your goals and take breaks when necessary.

BOOK OF THE WEEK —

The book of the week is Relentless by Tim Grover, a brilliant and inspirational read written by the personal trainer of some of the world’s greatest athletes such as Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. He gives an insight into their minds, how they work and how to make it from good to great to relentless. Check it out HERE

CREATOR OF THE WEEK —

The creator of the week is @Maxilifts a UK-based fitness creator with an Inspirational self-improvement twist on his content. He’s extremely transparent and shares common problems that young people face with insights on how to combat them. Definitely check him out HERE 

LESSON OF THE DAY —

Some People Don’t Want You to Succeed

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