Self-Motivation - Doing It Anyway

This post is more about my experience when you’re faced with “one of those days” where you just don’t feel like doing what you’re supposed to be doing.

A Current Challenge

One of the hardest things for me to do in maintaining this Personal Development blog isn’t in coming up with ideas for articles.

It’s motivating myself to sit down, take the huge mass of ideas, facts, understanding and experiences and simplifying it into something that is easy to read, and practical to apply.

Developing My Vision

At this point, I’m investing huge amounts of energy and time to create details in my vision, what I want to accomplish, and getting in touch with the emotions that the vision generates. Each time I craft more detail into my vision, the end result gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Each even more audacious than the previous version (This is something interesting that I’m experiencing).

Setting Big Hairy Audacious Goals!

It’s getting to a point where I’m beginning to imagine what is going to happen after I establish Darbright.com as one of the top Personal Growth and Development sites in the world based on Timeless Truths while keeping things as simple and practical as possible.

But while I’m contemplating and creating the details into my Vision, it’s still all up there in thought. It’s not yet made real into physical, tangible reality. Only taking action in the certain way will manifest it around me.

The Challenge of Self-Motivation

I’ve done everything that I have learnt, thought of, and been proven effective. Yet, there are days when I get up, I don’t feel like organizing the ideas and principles into simple, easy to understand articles. It takes energy to get the juices going, and some days I just feel like not doing anything at all!

I’ve done the work in setting up the vision, the interim goals along the way, aligned that with my self-chosen purpose, and yet I still have these “down” days.

I’ve understood the motivation behind my vision, the benefits I will receive when I finally create my vision into reality, the “penalties” or what will happen if I don’t accomplish my goals, I’ve done everything that I could have thought of to motivate myself.

Yet, I still don’t feel motivated!

Have you ever had days like these? When you just go, “Arghhh….!”?

What’s The Solution?

On days like these, the only solution that I’ve come up with is simply DO IT whether I “feel” like it or not. At the onset of forcing myself to do what I’m supposed to do, I feel sluggish, lethargic, and generally quite upset with myself for forcing myself to do something that I don’t “feel” like doing.

Yet, the longer I sit down and force myself to work at what I’m supposed to do, I get “warmed up” after awhile. The momentum starts to build, and it’s up to me to sustain that momentum until I’ve finished what I’ve set out to do.

“Knowing The Truth Will Set You Free.”

So while this isn’t a very intelligently and elegantly crafted article, simplifying steps and concepts into easy to understand points, it’s a very real thing to know.

It’s crucial to know the reality of the creation process, especially when you’re just starting out and building your vision. Knowing the truth sets you free from having the illusion that you’re doing something “wrong” when you experience days like these.

“You’ve Got To Do
What You’ve Got To Do.”

It’s about just getting down to doing what needs to be done, regardless of whether you “feel” like doing it or not. When you’ve set up your life vision and the goals that are to be accomplished along the way, you know these are the times when you’re building the Habit of Consistency and the Character of Perseverance.

What’s The Point of This Article?

The reality is, we all face these type of days. Of course, the fewer the better, but ups and downs are a part of life. On days when you don’t “feel” like doing what you know you’re supposed to be doing, do it anyway.

When you’ve done what you’re supposed to have done, you’ll feel much better and be one step closer to your goal.