How Do You Keep Motivated?

stressedgirl_2

If it makes you feel any better, I have quite a nice house and usually go to France every year - but I now also have big load of debt I am now on a DMP to pay off!!! I've been living above my means ever since my children were born and i went part-time. It was never designer clothes or amazing holidays - but it was still on clothes and holidays:). There won't be a holiday for a few years now as its back to reality time and yes, in the real world - where I should have been for seven years - its hard to stay motivated.

Have you thought about the Armed Forces though? Its just a thought and you're in the age range I think. No offence intended so if crappy idea just smile. Good luck with everything anyway

piggeh

There's always other ways to raise a bit of cash, maybe look at the 'up your income' board and see if any of the ideas inspire you. Or there's the comps board, or retrainng maybe.

I think it helps dreaming a little, thinking what you want to do for a living, then try and work out a plan to move towards it, no matter how slowly!

Starlett

nirelandguy wrote: »

Thanks for that motivating post, yes I certainly need to sit down and make goals, Its something I have never done,

:beer: I'll drink to that!!

Starlett x

RAS

Yes

The old saying is every journey starts with one step.

If you do think BIG, then think, what is the first step towards that? If you can do that, then you will be motivated to make the next step.

Or you can choose something you would like to do but it a bit hard and set yourself that target.

Big achievers are often people who have a lot of early experience of succeeding. They just assume that they will, so they dare to do things that others would not think of trying. And they are not afraid to fail sometimes.

So you need to celebrate each little success. Got your debts down by £50, get on here and CROW. Get some good feedback and you may feel more like trying for the next £50. Before you know that will be £500.

[Deleted User]

When I was dealing with my debts I focused on what I wanted when I was debt free.
All I've wanted for about 4/5 years is to move out of my parents house and get a house of my own. Now finally I can start saving, I know its going to be at least another 2 to 3 years before I can actually start seriously lookg but at least I know that all the money I have now is mine and I can save it for the house I want.

piggeh

I also read the occassional article on http://www.stevepavlina.com/

It motivates me on some days when otherwise I would just feel sorry for myself.

System

piggeh wrote: »

I also read the occassional article on http://www.stevepavlina.com/

It motivates me on some days when otherwise I would just feel sorry for myself.

I have various self help books and course from Tony Robbins / Brian tracy etc, I start them but never finish them, time I did I reckon,

piggeh

I have 'change your life in 7 days' (or whatever it is, Paul McKenna book), 'How to Get Things Done', 'Set Your Voice Free', probably another. I have read maybe a chapter of each

Find it easier to look at online stuff, and there's usually some practical stuff on how to get moving again, it's a bit easier than a book!

RAS

NIG

Getting a bit personal here.

When I started using these books, I struggled. A big part was because they went, OK remember sometime when you did something really successful, really experience that and then think about the thing that you find difficult and imagine how it will feel when you have done that and you experience that same feeling of success.

DOH? Pardon.

I really struggled to remember stuff from when I was younger (lots of bad memories i wanted to avoid) and I was always being told how unsuccessful I was by some members of my family, so safely locating experiences of success was a bit difficult.

So these routines were not open to me.

In the end I found another timeline routine and played with that.

The absolute basic was I went

Born - what was good around that (my granddad's pleasure etc)
Age 1
Age 2

And made a list for every year of my life.

It helped me to access good experiences and to boost my confidence, esteem and hopes.

cagneuk

How are you getting on?