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By: thestudiosource.com » One simple and surprising way past mental roadblocks

thestudiosource.com » One simple and surprising way past mental roadblocks — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:05:33 +0000

[...] You could pray, sing show tunes, or conjure up your inner motivator. [...]

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:11:05 +0000

Old school works for me (except I have a strange talent for losing lists).

By: Sally Mack

Sally Mack — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:07:25 +0000

How about an old-fashioned list? I always put “make list” as the first item so as soon as I finish the list I have something to check off. Done. Next. . .

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:28:14 +0000

Lydia, when you start your Motivation Made Easy class, let us know. You’ll have a full house in no time flat.

Exactly one thing at a time–good philosophy.

By: Lydia, Clueless Crafter

Lydia, Clueless Crafter — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:09 +0000

I think I’m a combination of so many of these. I think this may be a good thing because I can get motivated in almost any situation I’m in.

What I’ve become much better at is setting goals that are so easily accomplished that they are absurd. For example, I will set a goal of getting up in the morning at 7am, which is a no-brainer for me. This makes my heart light and my body nimble, allowing me to set way bigger goals when I am actually up and able to do something. This way I don’t go to bed in a panic.

It’s a bit of a life philosophy now. Good you think?

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:32 +0000

The trouble with hearing voices is you can’t get them to do the dishes, or groceries, while you get on with more important things. And the cat won’t go for make-believe house monkeys, either.

I have it on good authority that even if I talk to myself, there’s still only one of me.

Your Shiatsu guy nailed it. It’s like wanting to learn something new that’s going to take a while, but not bothering because of the time involved.

“Do you know how old I’ll be by the time I accomplish this?”

“Yep. Same age as you’ll be if you don’t do it.”

By: Linda L. Jones

Linda L. Jones — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:01 +0000

Guffaw! I think I’ve heard every one of those voices…

My favourite way to conquer procrastination is to imagine and image of a cardboard refrigerator box. The one I’ll be living in if I don’t get off my butt.

Seriously though…

I find that ignoring EVERYthing (laundry, food shopping, phone calls, email, cat whining about neglect, hair combing etc) and starting at a task first thing in the morning is what helps me most. And sometimes I have to use the coach voices….

A small note about the mind/body trainer. I once said to a Shiatsu therapist, “I KNOW I should eat better and exercise but I just can’t seem to get into a routine” He replied mildly, “Gee. You’re burning up a lot of energy avoiding what you know you should do, aren’t you?”

Uh-huh.