How To Stay Motivated Until You Succeed
For a lot of us our work schedules at home and at our jobs have
been a major source of complications in our lives.
Our financial well being depends on our paycheck, and our mental
and emotional well-being depends in part on having a
well-organized life.
But a few simple changes in your life can show you how to stay
motivated until you succeed.
With so many demands being placed upon us, it becomes confusing
as to where to place our priorities. Somewhere along the way, in
the midst of all the uncertainties of our lives, we tend to lose
our sense of motivation and instead choose the path of least
resistance - procrastination.
Here are a few tips to get your life organized so you can become
motivated until you succeed:
1. For most of us, a job is our means of financial support and
contributes to our physical, mental and emotional health as
well, so quitting your job is not an option for most.
The trick is to balance your job with your home life. This can
be a challenging task but you can begin by cutting your workday
to eight or nine hours a day to allow yourself more time at home.
If making changes in the number of hours you work is not
possible for you, try simplifying in other areas to give you
more time, energy and money; that is, if you live simply, you'll
not need as much money.
2. Even taking the simplest steps can reward you with more time
and less stress. Such as changing your expectations of others
(one less thing to worry about), dropping the call waiting
feature on your telephone, and having simple holidays without
much fuss or spending a lot of money.
3. Getting rid of the emotional garbage in your life such as
anger, hatred, and forgiving those who need your forgiveness or
mending broken relationships will help clear the way to show you
how to stay motivated until you succeed by giving you back your
time and energy.
Decide how you want your life to be. What do you need most in
your life at this moment - energy, peace, quiet, tranquility,
wisdom, spiritual growth?
Make a promise to yourself that you will achieve whatever you
want, and then set about to make it happen.
4. Concentrate on what's most important and prioritize your task
list (this should be done both at your job and at home).
A good method is to place each item on your "to do" list in its
proper perspective by having three lists: "MUST Be Done,"
"Should Be Done," and "Nice Things To Do."
Once you place a value on each item you will quickly see that
some things need not be done at all. In fact, the only time
procrastination may pay off might be when everything on the
"Nice Things To Do" list can all be marked off as unnecessary.
5. Don't be afraid to ask for help. The sheer volume of tasks in
our daily lives is enough to make us want it to "just go away."
As a result we procrastinate, thus losing our motivation. It is
not a sign of incompetence or inefficiency to admit you need
help.
Let your co-workers or your supervisor at work know you need
help. At home, even the smallest child in your family can do
simple tasks.
Slow down, simplify, spend less, enjoy simple pleasures with
your family that don't cost a cent, and your life may become
more beautiful, happier and fulfilling.
Getting organized and ridding yourself of things that are
unnecessary are the first steps of learning how to stay
motivated until you succeed.