A friend texted me last night, ”I’m not motivated at all to work out, I just feel so low on motivation.”

I could feel her frustration and desperation!  “You’re not the first,” I replied.

In life, being motivated is really, really important.  But, how do we motivate ourselves!?  What makes you wake up early to go for a run, to a class, to work, to improve your tennis game, to win a hockey game?

We have seen ourselves be very motivated at times, and at other times we have lost our motivation to succeed in a given path; what drives us is important!

“Why have I lost my motivation, you ask?”

Only you really know why, but maybe I can help you find out…

It’s not what other people say that will get you your end goal, but what you say to yourself!!!

Listening to what we need and what we would like “to achieve” is very important for our wellbeing and our health.

It is all right to change what motivates us to get up in the morning, as we do change, just don’t give up on yourself. Find a new motivator, a reason for why, not why not!

Sure, we have all had those moments of being unmotivated, but we have been motivated in the past.  Maybe you went to university and wanted to complete a degree!?!  Then you succeeded, and graduated.  Or, may you wanted to take cooking lessons, and wa-la, you now are an amazing cook!

The thing is, when you have a motivation, there are reasons behind it, and then there is a path you must take to achieve the end result.  If we loose touch with what is moving us along the path, or we don’t have a set destination, then it’s time to become an adventurer in spirit and find a new motivation or go back to why you started the walk you are on!

Really, why  did you want to take the path you had chosen to begin with?  I like to call it going back to your grass roots, why you are who you are, why you started with the gym visits, or painting on that canvas, or playing a sport etc.

So, we have to find out what works to move us!

A word of caution, if there’s on thing I have learned, you can force yourself to do what another person may want you to do for a short period of time, but you won’t be happy, and chances are you won’t stick to that path for long.  If you do, it’ll be one grueling path!

So, here’s the best advice I can give you!  Find out what you want to do, why you want to do it, what drives you to this end goal, and I think you really will have fun!

Extrinsic, and intrinsic motivators, those are big words.

How about what will get me up in the morning?

Now, if you walk off your own path, be kind to yourself, you are human and chances are it made you stronger anyways!

Last, but not at all least, enjoy the process, the walk; the time you are taking to reach the outcome.  Be in the moment, be living your dream!