“I don’t feel motivated”
When those words seep into your brain you have entered what I call “The Dead Marshes”.
Like Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings, we all find ourselves trodding through the Dead Marshes of Motivation at some point.
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How to Find Your Why
Implementing a new consistent behavior that you hope will lead to a life changing habit can make you feel like a salmon swimming upstream. You are constantly fighting the current of your own mind as you work to establish this habit.
In all honesty, most of us would rather the habit fairy show up and magically leave the habit under our pillow. We want it all and we want it now!
Turn Obstacles into Opportunities
The young 24-year-old kid in this photo was stuck in a fixed mindset. I felt that I needed to prove, in numerous different ways, that I was good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, I wanted people to like me! I remember thinking that I could never do things or accomplish certain goals. I thought I was predetermined to be the “fuck up” for the rest of my life. Plans were hatched but in the back of my mind, I knew they were only empty words. That little voice climbed in and said, “you aren’t going to do this, and you know it so stay here.” I had a “never can” or “never could” mentality.