Four key steps to get out of a slump & motivate
We’ve all been in that place where we just feel like we are going through the motions of our lives. You’re in a rut. You’re no longer interested in your own life.
Here are four key steps to help you get out of that slump and motivate now:
Make a list of what you believe are your top 5 priorities right now and then boil that list down to the single most important thing. Now make another list of what needs to be done for that one thing to be accomplished. Give yourself a due date. Stick to it.
Just start. We often think we need to be 100% “ready” before we start. So we wait… what feels like forever sometimes. We need action to override our brains. What do I mean by that? We need to do the things we don’t want to do or don’t feel ready to do in order to get us out of our slump. We cannot wait until we don’t feel anxious to finally do the thing. Otherwise we will literally never do them. By doing the thing that scares you, it adds to your self confidence and perception of yourself, allowing you to achieve your goals and do the things you want. Make sense? Repeat after me: We need to do the thing we’re not ready for, and by doing it, we will be happier and more motivated. Mandela said it himself: It always seems impossible until it’s done.
Add variety into your life. Whether that’s with something simple like changing what you eat for breakfast, exploring a new hobby over the weekend, or calling an old friend up for coffee. Variety is really the spice of life and by adding it into your life through the foods we eat, the music we listen to, or the people we spend time with it will slowly encourage even more curiosity, diversity and discovery within you. Before you know it, you may be curious to explore bigger change in parts of your life. The opposite of burnout and boredom is being consistently interested in your own life. Add variety - make it more interesting.
Remove distractions and ditch your biggest time waster. Audit how you’re using your time. If your day was worth $100, where are you spending your money? Look at time spent specifically on things like social media, other apps on your phone, other screens, etc. Audit this and ditch the thing that’s sucking most of your time. Remove distractions and other things that eat clock. How? Be ruthless. Set limits for yourself and stick to them.
Let me know if you try any of these tricks and the impact they had!
