EPTWhat do you do for motivation?
How do you motivate yourself?
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
What do you do for motivation? | ||
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Azerbaijan
United States660 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLHJcvLYcaA/SmhwNG0twaI/AAAAAAAACqo/1lUE1Z59kVg/s400/BornToRunCover.jpg) For me it helped motivate me to start running and stick with it; I think you will find you are able to keep up on something like that it becomes easier to be motivated and proactive about many other things in life. | ||
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JadeFist
United States1225 Posts
What can you do right now that will improve how you feel later? Remember, long term investment activities such as studying, exercise, sleeping enough, and even practicing an instrument will make you feel a lot better about yourself. And doing them regularly and honoring portions of your day to them is an important step. | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
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epicdoom
United States489 Posts
On March 06 2011 13:01 TheGreatWhiteHope_ wrote: Sacrifice now to live easy later. But when do you stop sacrificing. I feel like I've been hearing this all my life but when do you know when later is? It's not like when we get into our mid 40's we simply stop caring about being ambitious. Maybe I'm simply too young to understand at 21. I feel you OP. This is exactly what's going on right now to your truly T_T it's uncanny. | ||
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
Personally, I got in shape by blasting great music and killing myself 5 minutes at a time a few times daily. | ||
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
On March 06 2011 13:07 jimmyjingle wrote: I really don't think students be concerned with their weight. For instance Day9 got huge in the stressful time between starcraft and inventing combinatorics. Personally, I got in shape by blasting great music and killing myself 5 minutes at a time a few times daily. It's not so much my weight that concerns me, it's my eating habits. I strive to be better- that's just the way I am. When I eat well, I don't care about my weight, but when I don't, it brings me down. | ||
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
On March 06 2011 13:09 Dalguno wrote: It's not so much my weight that concerns me, it's my eating habits. I strive to be better- that's just the way I am. When I eat well, I don't care about my weight, but when I don't, it brings me down. didnt you just answer your own question then? | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
or not, and intently shift your entire focus to something unrelated and involving, burying the desire to eat deep within yourself until it smothers out. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Maybe you don't really care about school work? Maybe you aren't properly connecting it to what you want in life? Maybe you're trying to walk in someone elses' shoes instead of making a path toward what you need in life? Do you care if you are 'in shape?' The answer is obviously not enough, since you aren't motivated. Maybe if you meet a girl you like you'll suddenly start wanting to look good for her  (or him, if that's your preference).There's nothing I do for motivation. I am just a passionate person who has found a few things he cares about. The motivation comes from caring about the result. That's all. | ||
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
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CheAse
Canada919 Posts
heres some stuff I did: Check out the tl fitness initiative for some pointers get nike + and start running at least 3 times a week start making small changes to your diet - like cut out pop completely weigh yourself every day and write it down to track your progress. as for other things, being healthy will give you more exercise and motivation for everything else. glhf! | ||
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firefistAce
United States137 Posts
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
On March 06 2011 13:24 jimmyjingle wrote: duude. man. if your mentality shifts that much depending on what you ate, then I would just always eat well and be content ^___^ or not, and intently shift your entire focus to something unrelated and involving, burying the desire to eat deep within yourself until it smothers out. I like that second part. Maybe I'll just absorb myself in guitar. But then I have to get my work done first. Which is part of my problem. Hmmm. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
hate life...just wanna sleep... | ||
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Tenshik
124 Posts
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Pathology
Canada132 Posts
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Agama
United States72 Posts
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OMGPotato
United States13 Posts
But that's just me. I know different people have different ways to manage time and organize things. | ||
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vpatrickd
Indonesia279 Posts
Imagination is everything. | ||
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Salivanth
Australia1071 Posts
Setting aside blocks of time: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/timeboxing/ Visualising: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-visualize-your-new-reality/ Transcending the problem: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2010/06/how-to-fall-in-love-with-procrastination/ Hopefully they're useful to you: I found the site, if not those particular articles, very useful for me. Helped bring me out of depression about two years ago. | ||
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_hate
Japan112 Posts
Right now I'm 18 and prepping for a job interview for Walmart. I got really lucky on this one but the fight's not over. I plan to tell her my feelings in a week or two in person (not same school or city). Not those small guys at the cashier, but a position at Canada's head office. Might sound pretty disgusting but that's how I got part of my motivation. I just want to be this hardworking guy who gets somewhere and finds happiness. + Show Spoiler + i've been somewhat depressed for most of my life even though i'm not supposed to (better off than a lot of people around the world). i get jealous a lot of the times (my mother died when i was 9, it's hard to look at friends' mothers), fantasize a lot about women (never had a girlfriend), and cry a lot | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
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denzelz
United States604 Posts
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
On March 06 2011 12:39 Azerbaijan wrote: Read this - + Show Spoiler + For me it helped motivate me to start running and stick with it; I think you will find you are able to keep up on something like that it becomes easier to be motivated and proactive about many other things in life. can you give some more info. about the book? Why it resonated with you? | ||
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