How do you keep yourself motivated?

[Angxl3120]

I personally dont need motivation to get work done, but I need it to wake up to get to work. 😭

[Saiesh30]

It's human tendency to leave a task undone until the deadline causecwe think there's plenty of time left until there's not any.
Instead try to do a little bit everyday and reward yourself ( some food that you love, some show you wanna watch but only one episode or less) for completing that bit.
That's going to save you a lot of time, stress, anxiety automatically and utilise your remainder of time on anything else.
It's all about taking control of your mind and not the other way around. You, yourself have to push for it cause nobody else will.

[scooogy]

I've grown to do less and less personally as I'm only attending college and not having a job right now. I can see what you mean as I've grown tired to just go out to buy groceries, cook something (mostly the same, that's another point) and eat and go to sleep aaaand the whole thing again the next day. And the next day. And the next day. It's draining in a way to see other people having gone through apprenticeships and meanwhile being married having kids and a life.

Sounds mean now, but I sometimes look at those not having come as far as me, like my ex who had gone through an apprenticeship, but had so much "fun" in her life, that meanwhile she caught an autoimmune disease and has to take care of whatever she does (in order not to get just any kind of sickness, it might kill her) for like the rest of her life, and she's not even hit her 30s.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I was always told

“You’ve only got yourself, that’s just you, make yourself so strong that you don’t have to depend on anyone but yourself, because you have no one to depend on.”

That was good enough of a motivation for me. I know that I am by myself and the decisions I make will either make me stronger or weaker.

I can’t allow myself to be weak.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Even when I was going into surgery and at my most vulnerable, I was telling my crying mother that I am going to be fine, not to worry about me, I’ll be on my foot soon enough and she doesn’t have to worry about anything, I’ve got it all.

So, my motivation is being my own hero. And not only my own, being so self-sufficient that I am confident whatever life throws at me, I’ll handle it all.

I won’t be the one to cry, and if I do, I’ve got my own shoulder to lean on, so better take a good care of it.

[IslaTheWitch]

I'm a lazy one... so I do things I really like. That eliminates motivation problems.

About waking up... I use coffee in the morning :D helps a lot. But I developed a pure hatred for my alarm clock...

[NathanDavis]

this is why I do crawl into the shower for a cold shower every morning... that's what really wakes me up and makes me start my day... lol

[wiltingrosepetal]

My ADHD medication 😃 it really kicks the motivation into my skull

[Paris13]

My Lord, My Bible, My Vitamins and Good Health. xxoo

[TheSpaceGnome]

I'm always automatically motivated.

But thats because of stuff I actually want to do.

[Bklynbadboy12]

I just like nice things like my house vehicles and my bike even though I don't ride much anymore and I know the only way to keep them is to work. Unfortunately you need money to live

[Staximus]

Remembering that the rent isn't going to pay itself

[CubaPirate]

By remembering how fortunate i am compared to many others

[exitseven]

I tell myself if I quit. they win.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Make plans for after work

[Danny_dan92]

Remind yourself why you started

[TiaNour]

I remember the promises I made to myself

[shortster]

No, clue. I struggle with this as well.

[Carly2005]

By setting goals.