Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
I've been going through a substantial transformation of late and with it has come a lot of responsibility, change, attitude adjustment and thought provocation.
You see, the choices that I've made to change my career, my location and my personal investment into myself has come from a greater need. A need to succeed and a need to change my circumstances. I've been in a low place for some time and when the chance to change that came about through an opportunity, I grabbed it with both hands knowing that it was a small step towards my ultimate goal.
The ultimate goal I'm choosing not to share here as it is rather sensitive in nature, but the ramifications of my changes will be vast and potentially problematic for a while, but I know that I will prevail. So the long working hours that I've been putting in, the fewer hours of sleep, the long driving time to work and the stress levels I'm experiencing are in a way worth it as they are all necessary sacrifices in order for me to fulfil a promise that I have made to myself and to another.
The emotions that have come with it have been turbulent and sometimes overwhelming, but I have fought against the negative ones and the little many voices of doubt that have reared their heads when I'm in a time crunch or a particularly difficult project because I have to keep reminding myself of the ultimate goal and the cost I am willing to pay to get there.
There have also been positives. I have excelled in certain aspects of my new job and have been thanked for my perseverance during the difficulties, the tenacity that I have to get the job done no matter what and the contribution towards the team. That has helped me to continue going each day and push myself just that little bit further and just a little harder towards excellence and I've learned so much in a very short space of time.
With the end of the month and my first pay checque that has cleared, I found myself feeling rather anti-climatic because it felt a shallow victory for me. But it was still a victory and so I have had to attitude adjust myself again and be grateful that I've had this opportunity and that it may lead to something greater that will push me closer to my next portion of the ultimate end result.
It's going to be a long, tough road and I never expected it to be easy, but today, I was so tired I slept in for most of the day. My body and mind were telling me what I needed to be able to carry on with this quest and keep pushing forward. I needed to be awake at 4am to go to a public event and sacrifice my weekend. Something I'm willing to do when remembering the reason I'm doing this. Sometimes it's all that we can do - have a mantra that you repeat continuously in your mind to keep putting one foot ahead of the other and move forwards.
The image is mine
When you feel like you have taken three steps back, remember that you first took a step forward. First @emma-h I want to know if that pretty painting is yours? It speaks to me because we have bee hives and I love working with them. Well I love watching my husband work them while I study the bees, learn from them and take a gazillion photos to remember. But I digress.....learn from the worker bee. It may seem an endless grind, no end in sight but there are those many (although teeny) drops of sweet victory. Your quote is an interesting one because many need motivation. However one needs to be able to push on, and push through with a total lack of motivation. I hope your victories will soon be great and the challenges worth it in the end
Motivation is awesome when you have it, but when it fails you completely, you have to be able to find something else to keep you going.
The painting isn't mine unfortunately, I found it on a mural some time back but it's one of my favourites out of the whole bunch that I took that day.
It's so nice to hear from you, thank you for your kind words. I wish I had a bee hive, I find them fascinating how their dynamics work and how they sometimes kill a queen if they feel she's inferior to the standard of the Hive... I didn't know that until recently. The challenge and adversity will definitely be worth it. That much I know to be true.
Sending you hugs
🦋 Emma
At the end of the day, hard work pays off.
You seem very committed and sometimes we have to rise to difficult challenges in order to excel at what we really want. Wishing you all the success in the world dear @emma-h xxxxx
Thanks so much @trucklife-family, some days are hard but I've had to deal with worse in the past. This time I'm not taking any prisoners, I'm going straight for the kill 😁
Sometimes changes are completely necessary and they might be frightening but if you see it's the only way to improve yourself and your life in general then absolutely go ahead. You are committed and at the end your number one priority is you.
Sending you all my best wishes.
Thank you for the kind words, I knew it wouldn't be easy but it could have been much worse so I am grateful for that. Sometimes life demands that you dig deep and "lift heavy shit" as Galenkp says. It requires sacrifice but I'm willing to make them as I'm bound by a promise that I vow to keep.
You're totally right, sacrifices are not something easy to take. Although I'm sure it will have a greater joy for you in the future
I can see that you are going through what could be called a break because you have made decisions that will drastically affect your life, but I feel that they will really affect you in a positive way. It is normal to feel instability when we make such a decision, it has happened to me and actually with this experience I am preparing myself because in the medium term I plan to do it again. I hope that motivation will always be with you on your way.
I don't like instability but sometimes you have to go through periods of stability to find a greater security long term and that's what I'm working towards. I wish you all the luck for your plan as well, I'm sure that you'll do great as you are already preparing yourself mentally and that is key to successful change. Plan, evaluate, execute, re-evaluate and so on.
Be well @alteramelia best of luck
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Big changes are scary and take a lot of effort. It's good to know you have set your goals and are working towards them.
I don't event need to wish you luck on your road since I know you'll get there eventually. Just take the time to rest every once in a while.
I just keep my focus on that one goal. Everything else is secondary, including myself too. I appreciate your good luck, I'm sure that I'll get there. Have an awesome day Andres.
Have an awesome day, Emma. I would argue about making even yourself secondary on your method, but since it's your thing, I just hope you're there to reap the rewards.
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