Manufacturing Motivation
In order to maintain consistency, you need to manufacture motivation. I know it sounds weird to say but it’s not always possible to “find” motivation as we often say. Finding implies that it exists somewhere and you need to search for it, but how far can the search go? And what happens when you don’t find it? The stages of starting something, whether it’s a habit or a hobby, is usually like this: -You find that natural motivation or inspiration for something which becomes the trigger for you to actually start it, it’s your taking off point. -Once the motivation tapers off, discipline keeps the ball rolling -But sometimes the discipline falters, what then? That’s when you need to take a moment to remember why you began in the first place. It sound’s cliché but this evaluation is important. Upon reflecting you might realize you don’t need or want this thing in your life anymore, which would then save your time and effort. On the other hand, if it is something you wan...