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Factors That Affect Motivation
In truth, there are many factors which affect motivation. You might be tired or hungry, which would demotivate you. You might feel the will of the divine sweep through you. You might have a fear of something horrible. Here are eight factors which affect your motivational levels.
By Matthew Evans7 years ago in Motivation
The Acres Around You
There are many things in history a large percentage of us are not aware of. Things that have gone unnoticed or publicly silenced. People who have prospered in the worse conditions. Individuals who have blossomed against all odds. These inspirational stories have the potential to empower us. Yet what good is a story that is never told? What good is the ear that may never hear? If a tree falls down in a forest with no one around, does it make a sound? If a book is never read by the masses, does it make an impact?
By The Breatharian Blogger7 years ago in Motivation
Bind in My Mind
No. No, my life isn’t perfect. This smile could crack into a million stories if it had enough fire to melt the steel lips that are just too heavy to open. In fact, these next few lines will probably enforce the cliche lines we have all heard on repeat throughout our childhood, like that same song everyone has heard for themselves that plays on the local radio at 3:00 PM... “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Unfortunately, I stand to say that this very line is not cliche. I’m in a bind. But not physically, not really financially, but mentally. I’m in a bind in my mind.
By Shariah Davis7 years ago in Motivation
Magic in the Mundane
Have you ever experienced times of excitement and inspiration when starting a new task only to have it soon leave you? Have you ever been motivated in a new direction only to stop when it got boring or tiring? Know that you are not alone and that many others have gone through the same feelings in the pursuit of their dreams.
By The Breatharian Blogger7 years ago in Motivation
Got to Stay Focused
I will be the first to say that I have started a lot of projects and haven’t finished them. I have also procrastinated to the point where I convinced myself that what I started in the first place wasn’t as important as I previously assumed. After a while, it starts to become a habit and you find yourself getting involved with things or committing to something and not following through, which effects your relationship with people, damages your integrity, and you lose trust in yourself.
By Jarrod Foster7 years ago in Motivation
The Unknown
We all come to that place in our lives where we've hit a wall. A place of insecurities, questions, confusion, decisions, and the opinions of the world. When we feel lost and confused on what to do and where to go when we become discouraged and depressed, not knowing what will come next. The next step seems like a mountain climb away. Whether it's that we can't make up our minds or doors just aren't opening like we had thought. For me, it's a little bit of both. At times I think that maybe I'm expecting way too much from life, and I'm not putting in enough to get the results I want. I also feel like I'm working my ass off for almost nothing. I'm considering moving away and starting fresh somewhere new. A place where I only know two people. A place where I get to learn everything it's about. I can get to know the people, places, and culture that surrounds my new home. I'm at that place where I need new insight and perspective. I need a breath of fresh yet unfamiliar air. Air that hasn't hit my face yet. Maybe it will hit home. I might feel something I have never felt before. It could be the realization that this is what I needed, a new beginning. It could hit me that this wasn't for me, that my calling is back in the old, but I just needed a break from the regularity that I've grown bored of. I won't know until I change something. Change can be scary, but they always say, if something scares you and excites you at the same time, do it! What could go wrong? I could realize it wasn't the right decision, but I had fun in the process. I don't think the change has to be for a specific reason. I believe if I feel I will enjoy a change in my life that could benefit me why wouldn't I jump on the opportunity. I am at the point in my life that I need to set goals for my future, and for me, the two things that I want in my life are God and happiness. Can I achieve those by leaving where I am right now, absolutely. This isn't saying I'm not happy where I am now, because I am. I just feel that there is more somewhere else for me. There is a door somewhere I haven't gone, and I won't be able to find it if I don't go. In life were supposed to take risks, and risks that can be for our gain. I truly believe this change could be a huge gain for my life. In ways of finance, faith, and finding. I need to find a part of myself that is in the motion. The motion of growth. I feel stuck here not because of being unable to determine what I want to do, but because I feel routine. I understand I can change what I do here and now but it's different. I need something else that I don't know how to put into words. I almost need to be away from the people that I know. Not because of anything they have done but because of the familiarity. I'm tired of being familiar with my surroundings. Where I am right now, I am beyond comfortable and familiar with everything that encompasses my life. I want to feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar. Can I find that here? Sure. Even so, I will be close to what I know to be comfortable and the urge to go back will begin to grow. I need to be away from what I am so attached to. If it's not an easy fix to go back to my contentment I will have to learn to grow from the risk, unsteadiness, and unfamiliarity of my new life. I will pray and pray till all my words are gone about this, trust me. As of right now, I feel the need to change in order to grow.
By Carlene Mengler7 years ago in Motivation
You Need the Discomfort in Life
The mountain looks intimidating. You're chilled to the bone as you make the final ascent. You didn't think you were prepared for this moment but you wanted to push yourself to the physical limit. You made this hike not because it was easy but because it was hard. In order to understand your mentality and physicality better, you had to put yourself to the test.
By Ben W7 years ago in Motivation
A Little Past Ringing in the New Year
Naturally, I feel like this should be kept real, and that the above picture that you see isn't actually me. It's my younger and at the time 17-year-old sister. Now I'm not going to degrade her, but the most recent pictures that I downloaded onto my computer from the past couple years are all of her or plants. Not a single one of me. Now, whenever I see pictures of myself, all I can see are the things that I don't have or what I don't like. For example, a budding double chin. Constantly I look at myself and I ask this singular question: "Why do I never turn out the way that I had planned?" It's a very hard question with two decades worth of complex layers, yet I always seem to bounce back to these reasons. One, there's always next year. Two, I can always start tomorrow, and three, I just never have enough time.
By Rowena Evergarden7 years ago in Motivation
10 Motivational Gifts for People Who Are Losing Focus on Life
"Taryn, for the last goddamned time, stop focusing on this stuff!" I had been shouting at my friend Taryn for what seemed to be hours. Like many people, Taryn had been dealing with some tough breaks in life. She had been desperately trying to fit in with a group of breakdancers from the suburbs outside of New York.
By Iggy Paulsen7 years ago in Motivation
