Becoming more motivated
Are there things in your life that you should be doing but you are finding it hard to motivate yourself to do them? If it is all starting to seem like hard work, then try changing the words you use to motivate yourself when you need to complete a task. Try saying you ‘want’ to do something, instead of saying you ‘have’ to do something. For example most of us might say something like:
I have to do my laundry today.
You wouldn’t normally say ‘I want to do my laundry today’, although you might.
Or another example would be:
‘I have to get my groceries today’, not ‘I want to get my groceries today’
The above are every day examples and it doesn’t really matter how you word them they will still get done.
But what about using it with activities that we sometimes struggle to get motivated for, like going to the gym? Instead of saying:
‘I have to go to the gym today’
you would say:
‘I want to go the gym today’
or
‘I have to complete this assignment by Monday morning’
becomes
‘I want to get this assignment completed by Monday morning’.
or
‘I have to lose weight’
changes to
‘I want to lose weight’
Just changing the words ‘have’ and ‘want’ can change how you look at what you are doing. Try it and see if it works for you.
If you suffer with Procrastination from time to time, why not put off not doing something? alternatively say ‘There are things I want to do today’.
This way you can become more motivated to complete the activities you should be doing.
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