How to Motivate Yourself

Everyone can always use a bit of motivation to get themselves through these times. Motivation is necessary in getting through any project, task, or any form of life. Without motivation, many tasks can easily slip away from our grasp and other things can get out of our control, causing us to spiral along with it. However, there are many ways to help start and keep yourself motivated.

Go into your task head first: As simple as it sounds, jumping into your project or task without hesitation is a great way to motivate yourself. Most times, the project or task you believed would take a while to complete can be done in a matter of minutes when you just jump into getting started. 

Don’t second guess yourself: Doubting or second guessing your abilities can cause you to lose interest in the task; by removing that doubt, you can gain the confidence to get things done. 

Set goals: Having and setting goals will help keep you up to date with task and projects on a step-by-step basis. When having visible goals available, you can get task done piece by piece in order to get a bigger goal. 

Building a calendar or timeline: In keeping an organized setting for your goals and projects, you will get a visual of how things are going and how they will come together. Most times, being able to see how steps come together to build to a bigger piece helps make getting started earlier. 

Reward yourself: Now that you have completed the task, make you happy or feel accomplished. In doing this, you will condition yourself to see the reward when you put in effort towards your set goals. 

Sources:

-https://www.coursera.org/articles/how-to-motivate-yourself

-https://www.oberlo.com/blog/how-to-motivate-yourself

-https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2015/nov/10-ways-motivate-yourself-study

-https://time.com/2933971/how-to-motivate-yourself-3-steps-backed-by-science/

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