How To Get Motivated & Achieve Your Goals

How To Get Motivated & Achieve Your Goals

Do you want to learn how to get motivated when all you want to do is lay down and look at the ceiling? Look no further.

Having a lack of motivation happens to all of your more often than not. We can fight it all we want but there are times where we just need to accept that we won’t do the things we set ourselves to do that day.

And that’s totally okay. As long as it doesn’t happen every single day, of course.

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Continue reading to find out how you can get motivated and crush your goals!

HOW TO GET MOTIVATED

Do you want to learn how to get motivated and crush your goals when all you want to do is lay down and look at the ceiling? Look no further. Having a lack of motivation happens to all of your more often than not. We can fight it all we want but there are times where we just need to accept that we won't do the things we set ourselves to do that day. And that's totally okay. As long as it doesn't happen every single day, of course. Continue reading to find out how you can get motivated in life and crush your goals! | goal motivation | motivation | how to get motivated to workout | how to get motivation

Productive Procrastination

One of the main things that drown your motivation is the fact that you planned to do things you don’t want to do that day.

Instead, do things that you weren’t planning to do but that are going to move you forward. That means, no just sitting down and watching Netflix for 6 hours straight. Unless you’re a Netflix show critic – then do your thing!

Let’s say you planned to do a HIIT workout today but you’re just not feeling it. Go for an easier workout like Yoga. You’re still doing something that will move you forward in your goals (I’m imagining your goal is to get healthier btw), it’s just not what you planned.

This can be applied to everything in your life so keep this in mind when your motivation is at below zero.

Use your actions to create motivation

We are used to thinking that we need to get motivated to take action when in fact that’s not how it works. It’s a lot easier for humans to do something and get motivated by that action.

Think about it.

How many times have you not wanted to do something, but had to do it? You do it thinking you’ll give up after 10 minutes but those 10 minutes pass and you think “now that I’m here might as well finish it”. See?

Break actions down

Most of the time we don’t want to do something because the task seems too big and we have no idea where to start.

Been there, done that.

But you know what helped? I broke the task down into smaller, more manageable steps.

For example, I had no motivation to write this blog post. So I broke it down into smaller tasks

  1. I wrote a rough outline last night
  2. I wrote the whole blog post this morning
  3. I created the graphics, added them to the post and scheduled it this afternoon.

Doing things like this might take a while longer but I can assure you your motivation will be high and you won’t get burned out and give up.

Reward yourself

Having something to look forward to at the end of something is always motivating. Give yourself a little reward when you end your task. It can be something like a pastry, a 1-hour break sitting on the couch, it’s your call.

If you’re working on a big project, rewards are also very useful to keep you motivated. Create checkpoints where you’ll reward yourself when you reach them.

So these are my tips on how to get motivated. Do you have any tips of your own?

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How to Learn a New Skill Easily and Quickly

How to Learn a New Skill Easily and Quickly

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Do you want to know how to learn a new skill easily and quickly? Read this post to find out.

I remember once hearing someone saying: ”When you stop learning you are as good as dead.” I have no idea who said it but that sentence has stuck with me for years now.

I’m a firm believer that we should never stop learning. It doesn’t matter what you learn, as long as you are learning something.

Whether you’re learning a new language or you’re simply just learning a new way to cook potatoes, knowledge is power and the more you have it the better.

Choosing what to learn about

The first step on your learning journey is also the most important one of all: choosing what you want to learn about. If you’re like me and you want to learn about a ton of things at once I suggest you grab a piece of paper and write down all the things you’d like to learn. After that, think about which skill will be the most useful in the nearby future. Imagine you want you want to learn how to edit photos on photoshop and you also want to learn a few key sentences in French. In a few weeks, you’ll be going to Paris on vacation. What would be the most useful skill for that trip? Learning a few French words, right? So that skill should be you’re number one skill to learn. After that trip, you can concentrate on your editing skills.

Break down the steps to get to your goal within that skill

I’ve talked about breaking your goals into small manageable steps on my ‘How To Plan a Big Project’ blogpost but this also applies to learning something new. Breaking things into small steps will make everything look less overwhelming. You will then feel a lot motivated to complete those steps and much happier when you manage to tick off one of them.

Gather all the materials you might need

Having everything you need to learn the skill you want all in one place and have it somewhere you can easily see it and access it. That way you won’t have the excuse of ”Oh I’m not gonna work on that skill today because I don’t have the materials gathered.”

 

Practice makes perfect

I started learning Korean almost a year ago but didn’t have a set schedule for when I was going to study. I about 6 months I only knew the basics like the Korean alphabet and a few basic sentences. It wasn’t until I started practicing diligently every day that I improved. I don’t spend a lot of time each day studying Korean, just about 15 to 30 minutes each morning but I feel like my skills have improved immensely to the point where I watch Korean tv shows without subtitles and have somewhat of a clear idea of what is being said. I know it sounds kinda boring having to practice every day but trust me if you make it fun, it won’t cost a thing.

 

Make it fun

Speaking of making it fun, there are endless ways you can make learning fun. Learning something should be fun for you to the point where it feels like getting ice-cream or watching your favorite show.

 
Have you been learning anything new lately? Let me know down in the comments!
 
 

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