Do you struggle to keep yourself motivated to achieve a goal you have set for yourself? If so, you’re definitely not alone!
It’s easy to find initial motivation to change something. When you first set out a goal, you’ll find you’re excited and highly motivated to achieve it. However, fast forward a week or two and that motivation slowly starts to dwindle away.
Getting motivated is easy, but maintaining it, not so much. The good news is, there are ways you can boost your motivation when working on a goal when you feel it starting to dissipate. Below you’ll discover it’s probably the way you structured your goal in the first place that is now causing you the frustration you feel which in turn causes the lack of motivation. In this course you will learn, among other items:
1.Make a Public Commitment
It’s easy to give up on your goals and lose motivation if you keep them to yourself. However, when you share your goals publicly, you’ll be more motivated to achieve them.
This is because when you involve other people, you don’t want to let them down. You’ll also find they frequently ask you how it’s going, providing consistent motivation to carry on.
So, let people know what you’re working towards. Or, why not partner up with someone who has the same goal as you do? That way, you can motivate each other.
2. Remember the Purpose Behind the Motivation
When you start working towards your goals, you have what feels like an endless amount of motivation. This is because you’re right in the moment where something has spurred you on to make a change. However, as time goes by, it’s easy to lose sight of why you started in the first place.
So, the key is to remember why you’re working towards your goals. Say you want to lose weight for example. You can either hang up a piece of clothing you’re desperate to get back into, within eyesight. Or, you could pin up a picture which motivates you to carry on with your weight loss goals.
3. Break your Goals Down
A common motivation mistakes is to create goals which are too broad. The longer it takes to reach a goal, the more chance there is of losing motivation along the way.
Instead, you’ll want to be setting smaller goals which are easily achievable. As you achieve them, that boosts your motivation to reach the next goal. Nothing feels better than ticking off little goals that you’ve set yourself.
4. Keep a Journal
A journal is a great place to make a commitment to yourself. It is a great place to record the purpose of your goal. You will then have a ready reminder when the memory of why you set the goal in the first place begins to fade. And a journal is a great central place to describe, in detail the goal and all its’ various components
These are 4 of the best ways to boost your motivation right now. What you need to remember is that gaol setting and motivation takes work. It’s not something that’s magically going to come to you. You need to force yourself to get motivated using tips like the ones above. The more you work at it, the more it will pay off in goals accomplished and life improvement.