Waiting for motivation is just another form of…
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Waiting for motivation is just another form of procrastination
I've been saying for months I'll start working out when I feel motivated. Apply for jobs when I'm in the right headspace. Work on my goals when inspiration strikes.
Yesterday it hit me that I've been saying this for actual years. That feeling I'm waiting for isn't coming. Or it shows up for ten minutes and vanishes the second anything gets uncomfortable. "Waiting for motivation" just sounds classier than "I'm procrastinating." Same result though. Not doing the thing, just with a better story attached.
Watched some guy at the gym this morning clearly hating every second. Dragging through his sets, looking miserable. But he was there. Meanwhile I've been at home on my couch waiting to feel excited about exercise like that's a thing that happens to people.
Sent out three job applications today feeling absolutely nothing. No spark, no drive, just forcing myself to do it while my brain kept suggesting I could start fresh Monday instead. Classic. Motivation doesn't come before action, I think it comes after, if it comes at all. And honestly maybe it doesn't need to. Maybe feeling like doing something was never a prerequisite for doing it and I just decided it was because it made a really convenient excuse.
#inspiration
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I've been saying for months I'll start working out when I feel motivated. Apply for jobs when I'm in the right headspace. Work on my goals when inspiration strikes.
Yesterday it hit me that I've been saying this for actual years. That feeling I'm waiting for isn't coming. Or it shows up for ten minutes and vanishes the second anything gets uncomfortable. "Waiting for motivation" just sounds classier than "I'm procrastinating." Same result though. Not doing the thing, just with a better story attached.
Watched some guy at the gym this morning clearly hating every second. Dragging through his sets, looking miserable. But he was there. Meanwhile I've been at home on my couch waiting to feel excited about exercise like that's a thing that happens to people.
Sent out three job applications today feeling absolutely nothing. No spark, no drive, just forcing myself to do it while my brain kept suggesting I could start fresh Monday instead. Classic. Motivation doesn't come before action, I think it comes after, if it comes at all. And honestly maybe it doesn't need to. Maybe feeling like doing something was never a prerequisite for doing it and I just decided it was because it made a really convenient excuse.
#inspiration
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