Motivation
Whenever my blog gets real quiet, it is usually because I’m stressed and I can’t calm my mind long enough to put together a well executed sentence.
My life in general isn’t stressful…
My stress comes from work. I still love my job and the company, but my work ethic is so strong, I often find myself giving so much that I have nothing left for myself. The company puts emphasis on having a good balance, but the real office superstars are the ones that put the company high on their list of priorities.
I don’t want to do that. I still want my shine, but I want to have something left to do the things I really want to do, like write.
I can’t help but to think how much I could get accomplished if I could shift all of my time an energy to my other projects…Then I wonder how motivated I’d be to do it.
What motivated you to do the things you love? How do you find the time?
My mother told me that if it’s something I really want to do, I’ll find the time to do it. And, she was right – that’s exactly what I had to do. My job required me to be on-call 24/7 and it was grueling and between problems and meeting and the like, finding time for myself was hard… until I remembered what Mom told me. Funny thing about working: They teach you time management skills so you can be balanced, more efficient, etc., while, at the same time, teaching your supervisors how to mismanage your time while managing theirs – were you aware of this? When I needed “me time” I just took it… ’cause I had to have it.
It’s ironic that after retiring from such a stressful job, that’s when I had the stroke – and then a day before I was offered a prime position with another company. So now, I have the time but, for me, it was finding something to do with it until I got introduced to blogging.
I still have stuff to do around the house or my baby will have me sleeping with the cat – but that’s different; I do what I gotta do when I gotta do it. My baby gives me “my space” to blog because she knows how much it helps me both physically and mentally.
For you, you’re gonna have to set aside a block of time so you can do this – and don’t let anything short of an emergency keep you from doing it. Insist on that time, even if it’s only 30 minutes – but own it – make this YOUR time.
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I have to admit that my motivation waxes and wanes. I usually come back to my writing and creative projects out of necessity. I think creative minds always need in a way that always brings us back around to it. I get too overwhelmed by the day-to-day, and I’m forced to spend some creative time reminding myself of who I am, what my purpose is, and what I enjoy about life. Balance is difficult, and seemingly near impossible to achieve. I am a work-a-holic as well, so I hear you. It’s tough. I double-majored in college, adding a Creative Writing major so as to force myself to continue doing what I love. Perhaps doing something similar in life might help. Find a creative commitment, and subject yourself to some required catharsis. This might be the only way to keep the real world from swallowing up your right brain!
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i have yet to find some motivation and it’s honestly quite discerning. i feel like i don’t know if i’m coming or going. i slack in my writing ALL the time… and let’s not even discuss when i picked up my camera last…
usually my motivation peaks when things are going really well. or really horrible. sometimes you just have to force yourself to do the things you love…
but then again… where’s the fun in that?
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Life usually happens that pushes me to do what I want and need to do. I tend to work better under pressure for some reason. But I’ve always believed that if want something bad enough, you will find the time to tend to it. I have twin daughters who each have a hectic before and after school schedule and each of us still manages to carve out time to do what we love. It takes organization and work to get it right.
We all go through it! Trust your creative mind.
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I feel like I need more motivation sometimes. I get motivated when I have free time to do things in a more effortless fashion. I hate running from one thing to the next so as long as I don’t feel too rushed, I can enjoy my extracurricular hobbies. I’m just trying to keep up my blog and work out for the time being, so far so good!
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