Relearning lessons from old mistakes
I’ve wasted a ton of time recently being annoyed at my recurring absense of any kind of motivation, and concentration, though I find the two go nicely hand in hand. I seem to have fallen into the same trap of late where I want to get a chunk of work done, the desire’s there, but when it comes to actually putting pen to paper (so to speak), I’m off with the faries thinking about whats for dinner, or the last time I had a Guiness, or perhaps how great I looked in my mankini last night. You get the picture.
Wind back 6 months ago when I was noticed myself having the same problem (it’s definitely a common recurring theme for me, but its been especially bad over the last couple of weeks), and I was thinking about what I was doing back then to try and improve the situation. I spent a few minutes trawling google earlier yesterday for some answers to curing motivation/concentration issues, and the common theme seemed to be depression and other mental health issues. This is nonsense of course, I’m just as happy and laid back ask I’ve always been though I definitely feel the stress of money and financial situations a hell of a lot more than I used to. If anything being motivationless is depressing, but not so much vice versa, I don’t think.
Money is definitely an ingredient of motivation though, I can usually push out required work with ease if theres an instant reward at the end, but this seems to fade when the money is not bankable within a month or so!
So, I’ve spent a few days just thinking about what I’m going to do about the situation, and i’m noticing (obviously) that some of the things I’m figuring out, I worked out last time I felt this way, so like a viscious cycle, I’m once again learning from past mistakes
I’ll attack it this way, and like a childish game give myself a score of 1 - 10 for my percieved moto-rating.
Thinking about:
- Being positive at all times, despite what s*#t the day throws
- Systematic approach to get a job done by cutting down everything into miniscule tasks
- Attempt to fight laziness and apathy by not checking email/forums every two seconds, just because
- At work, Insist (unless its important) that communication is carried out via email/IM, as being interrupted 30 times an hour is a recipe for mind blocks and mental muddle
Now the question one might pose to me, is why on Earth am I posting this?!? I answer in one way, if this I.T jig falls through but my self motivation is successful, coach the other 87.3% of corporate/business workers in my way of thinking.
I’m going to be the next Anthony Robbins… Bitch!
Tags: motivation, Work
