5 Interesting ways to motivate yourself, Amazing benefits that get you hooked on Life
Time to motivate yourself
Let me start this post with a story. I always wanted to act. I love movies
and really amazing stories.
One of my favourite pastimes as a kid would be to listen to amazing stories. Stories can be captivating and boring sometimes if it's a drag. But overall it really impresses powerful ideas, thoughts and reflections.
Life can sometimes be like a story and we want a happy ending (pun intended). Lol, But seriously, it can be a real pain.
It can be exhilarating and painful too. I once had a near-death experience of sorts, I missed to drown. That incident pushed me out of my Nihilistic phase.
I began to see life as something amazing. Haha, Life can be amazing. I came
across this idea about stories while speaking with a friend.
He is an entrepreneur and blogger too. He was speaking about the importance of stories and fiction books. I must confess I don't read much fiction.
But that conversation made me think that I must begin to read some fiction.
It made me think about one more thing. We tell ourselves stories.
Some of us may feel like we are in one.
Reasons to cheer up
So here is the first reason to feel great about this 'Self-talk'. You are the narrator. Yes, of course, all the incident and events are not completely in your hands. But you get to choose the way you perceive it.
We can practise a kind of Self-awareness. Understanding and living with ourselves. I think this a benefit because we are somewhat in control with the way we behave and act. So we need to take responsibility for our actions and that is empowering.
Another Powerful thought is the idea that we are not our thoughts or actions. We don't need to identify with it. Yes, we are accountable for what we do. This idea can be a starting point to self-development and enhancing our lives.
There could be many more benefits to being in control of our Self-talk, It is we have the ability to cheer ourselves. We can be our own cheerleader. It may seem cheesy, but Nah, it thinks it's awesome. Accepting yourself and working on improving yourself is not cheesy it's transformative.
Benefits
As Humans, we are like onions, multilayered and multifaceted. I am speaking
from my experience with life.
Let's analyse how Self-motivation can be a benefit. I think we all have dreams and aspirations, we work hard to achieve them. We may not able to share what we hope and want with everybody or maybe we can.
But there may be times when we are the only ones who believe in our dreams.
So what do we do? We motivate ourselves.
We remind ourselves that we are unique and worth it. We stand up for what we believe, I am not saying you are right or wrong. Everyone has the right to be wrong and the choice to correct themselves. It's God-given.
How this all benefits us? Imagine when you are exercising and you need to complete that extra rep. You motivate and push yourself.
Imagine when you scoreless in a test, and no one thinks you can score better. You motivate yourself. You remind yourself of your dreams and goals.
You work on the skills you don't have. Because you believe you deserve to achieve your goal. Who is to tell you otherwise?
I believe it can benefit us at different levels.
Motivating ourselves to exercise better, become a better version of ourselves Physically, Spiritually or Emotionally. I think it starts with accepting the way we are.
Respecting ourselves and staying healthy. Personally, it was very difficult for me, I had gained a lot of weight after going through some health issues.
It greatly affected me and the way I saw myself. I exercised, but it still didn't help. So I chose to accept myself and love myself by motivating me.
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Positive Self-talk
You can motivate yourself
Please don't skip over this section and assume you know about it. Hear me out for a bit. Yes, it is about speaking kind things to your self.
But it's more than that, Positive Self-talk can help you understand your
thought patterns and the way you understand yourself.
It helps you see yourself and your interior life more critically. So
how do you go about it?
I would say do a self-analysis. Take your list of strengths and goals.
Remind yourself about it.
We all need to Remind ourselves. But verbalising it to ourselves is only
one way.
How about getting creative about motivating yourself! You could start out
by creating a Vision board.
Get pictures of you and the things you want to achieve. You could also
include reminders of the things you have already achieved.
Sometimes we tend to forget that we are good and skilled at things we do.
This will also help you remind you of the reasons for the things you do.
Sometimes Routine can be a dream killer. A good vision board will be a good
icon to remind you about the 'Why' behind what you do.
Starting a New Habit
Small Steps to Powerful Habits
Yes, this is a powerful thing. We can change things by starting out small.
We do not need to make it grand.
We can sometimes have a huge build-up and expectations around a pet project and it fails. One way to deal with it is to start out small.
You could break a huge task or habit into small mini tasks. For example,
you want to exercise. You could start by going for a brisk walk and slowly graduating yourself into more complex exercises later on.
Just working on a new habit and doing it well can be a nice buildup to
doing something bigger and better.
Future Truth
Check this video by Patrick Bet-David on Affirmations
I heard this idea from a Youtuber and successful entrepreneur, Patrick
Bet-David. He calls it future truth.
Sometimes the affirmation and reminders with all the self-talk can seem like a huge lie. Lol, But believe me it's not. It is simply a future truth.
Journaling
Daily Journal
This is the kind of self-talk where you write as well. You start by writing out what you want to achieve. Then you could also add reasons to it.
You could describe the motivation behind you achieving your goals. This will add clarity to what you are doing. You will start to express yourself more clearly. I think one major benefit is clarity and the motivation to understand our goals and the motivation behind achieving it.
You could read this article on Journaling and Motivation, Click here.
Conclusion
Sometimes when we think we are stuck and believe that life sucks. Maybe it's different, I am not saying that everyone's situation is awesome or just think positive.
I believe that Life is a journey and being motivated is also our own responsibility. Motivation can build hope and help us enjoy life.
Small wins could be a build-up to something great. Be motivated and Don't give up.
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