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Hello again readers! This is the second (rambling) blog in what I hope to be many more. I'm a day late in writing it, which goes along perfectly with this blogs theme. Motivation. I've been struggling to stay motivated the last few days, and I've been feeling sorry for myself for it. It's only 12:30 on a Tuesday and it already feels like this week has been a month long. I'm feeding bad habits, and I hate it. I'm not resisting the snooze button, I've taken advantage of working from home and wake up with only a few minutes before I need to begin my day, I'm not eating good breakfasts, and it's not benefiting me in any way. It makes me feel like a bum. So why do I keep doing it? Because it's easy. Now it's time to stop feeling sorry for myself. Wanting to do better, wanting to change, wanting to be a brilliant productive writer, isn't enough. I need to actually do it. There's been mornings where I got up early, I grabbed some coffee, and laid in my bed with my laptop and just wrote. It was wonderful. It changed my whole perspective on the rest of my day. I felt accomplished, and confident. Why did I stop? Because crawling back into bed and hitting that snooze button is so much easier. Being productive and motivated feels great, but it's the harder choice. There will always be off days, but if I could make those days the exception, instead of my norm, I think I would be happier. So here's to making the harder choices. Here's to feeling better about myself. Here's to not just talking about wanting to do more, but actually doing it. And I know I can do it, and if you're struggling with the same things, I know you can do it too.
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4/21/2021 11:36:42 pm
Staying motivated to do anything other than work (I also work from home) is so hard, especially if you have depression. I don't know if you do, but I do. So what I to do is write a list of ONLY 3 things. 3 doable things. It's small, it's not a lot, but it is easy to accomish, it gets things done, and you wind up with that sense of reward you feel lacking. Our brain craves reward (it's why we love junk food! It's bad for us, but that sugar fills us with feel good chemicals in our brain - though not our body).
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Emily Boswell
4/22/2021 08:09:04 am
Thank you for your kind words!
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AuthorEmily Boswell is a Michigan writer and digital marketing manager. She enjoys writing short stories and flash, and is currently working on her debut novel. Archives
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