What do you want?

Some days I feel no motivation at all.  I have things to do, projects in process, dreams unfulfilled, and, yet, I can’t quite conjure up the umph to get going.  I make a vain attempt at it by sitting at my computer, for example, but that then leads to the internet where I can kill hours and yet accomplish nothing of any lasting value.  I wonder about these stagnant places, but wondering never motivates, it just keeps me spiraling in place. 

Above my desk I have goals, inspirational writings, financial projections and pictures to keep the vision going but when it all comes down to it only one thing matters – doing it.  If I don’t live my vision, if I don’t take the steps to get there, then I will find myself older than my current middle-age looking back on what could have been, or worse, having lost the dream itself.

I ask myself, “What do you want?  How badly do you want it?  Is what you are currently doing helping you to get there?”  (It’s good to have little talks with yourself now and again).  My answers are that I really do know what I want, it is a strong desire and, no, what I am doing now isn’t accomplishing what I want.  Now, I have to do something to fight the inertia (a body at rest tends to stay that way unless acted upon by something else).  I know that once I get my motivation back up it will have enough forward momentum to last a long time.  So, I tell you of this common struggle so you will hold me accountable to not stay there.  Just knowing you will read this has renewed my motivation.  Thanks.

Comments

[Geoff Robertson]

Hi Kim, I just wanted to say that I have read your post, even though I have just found your blog, and would like to encourage you some more.

How is your motivational level at the moment?

Geoff

[Kim]

Hi Geoff,
Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it. I am actually highly motivated most of the time these days. What I need now is better structure and time management to accomplish all I have on my plate. It's a good problem and I just need to sit down and write out the specifics. Now, if I just had time and structure to do that...