It's been difficult to get myself moving these days. Faced with large-scale, monumental Change as I am right now, my tendency is to retreat, cocoon, hunker down, keep my head low and hope the storm passes quickly.
That strategy, alas, like other survivor strategies I developed along the way, isn't so effective, but since it's the one I've relied on for so long, I'm finding it especially hard to change it. Most days, I find myself feeling as if I'm moving through a thick sludge of all the possibilities and details. It would be very easy to come to a complete stop, crawl under my pillow and pull the covers over my head some days.
But that's not going to help, I've realized. And so, when I find myself feeling like that, I've started to ask myself this question: Do you want to continue to feel like sludge? Or do you want to feel as if you are making some small step toward positive change?
I can't tell you, Gentle Reader, how often I ask myself those questions these days. But it seems to do the trick - no matter how sludgy I might feeling, so far it's done the trick to keep me forging ever so slowly down my to-do list into the future.
What about you, Gentle Readers? What keeps you motivated when faced with inescapable change?
That strategy, alas, like other survivor strategies I developed along the way, isn't so effective, but since it's the one I've relied on for so long, I'm finding it especially hard to change it. Most days, I find myself feeling as if I'm moving through a thick sludge of all the possibilities and details. It would be very easy to come to a complete stop, crawl under my pillow and pull the covers over my head some days.
But that's not going to help, I've realized. And so, when I find myself feeling like that, I've started to ask myself this question: Do you want to continue to feel like sludge? Or do you want to feel as if you are making some small step toward positive change?
I can't tell you, Gentle Reader, how often I ask myself those questions these days. But it seems to do the trick - no matter how sludgy I might feeling, so far it's done the trick to keep me forging ever so slowly down my to-do list into the future.
What about you, Gentle Readers? What keeps you motivated when faced with inescapable change?
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Well … what motivated me in this moment is figuring out a way to post a comment here.
I suppose this demonstrates how a challenge, any challenge is a reliable motivator for me.
:)
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