Thoughts That Can Motivate You to Do Anything

In this post, you’ll learn some interesting tools, insights, examples
 how you can improve your mood, daily functioning & how to be
 positively optimized in this negative world.

You’ve probably figured that it’s hard to be motivated all the time.
No matter what you’re working on, there are days when you
 don’t feel like doing anything or showing up.
There will be workout days that you don’t feel like even starting.

 There will be responsibilities that you should do,
 but you don’t feel like handling.
 And also “off days” when your emotions & energy are simply not there.

These down-times are part of life, and I face these motivational challenges
 just as much as the next person.
 However, it’s important that we develop a system
 for dealing with these lazy or “off days”.

 You Might Ask HOW?

Well, the starting process is in recognizing what actually happens
 to our brain & bodies when we’re in the state mentioned above.

As you might know, the brain is the commanding system of our bodies,
 so when you feel like don’t do anything you simply
 have low serotonin and dopamine.

You can freely Google or see here what these 2 chemicals do

 I’m going to shortly explain here:

Low Serotonin – Regulation of mood, anxiety, compulsiveness,
increased appetite all these are signs your body is giving you to
 let you know that something is wrong.

How to Supercharge Your Dopamine Levels to Never Feel Sad, Stressed or Depressed Again

70% Of Your Serotonin Is Made In Your Gut

Lack of sunlight is also connected to Low-serotonin.

Dopamine: The feel good or motivational neurotransmitter in our brain,
 pleasure associated, goal oriented transmitter.
(additionally educating yourself on this chemical is not a bad idea at all)

What you can do:

 decrease sugar, caffeine intake.

Workout regularly (even for 5 minutes a day)

Take regular magnesium

Meditate

Create simple small goals, and finish them

Eat more proteins.

Once You Get Your Mind Right

The power of positive thinking is scientifically proven that positive thoughts
 can improve your mood, feelings, and performance.
For example, every morning after I brush my teeth I do 5 repetitions
 of “I Can Do Anything”.
Reminding myself & giving information to my brain that I really
 can do anything I set my mind to.

Also, Instead of giving myself reasons (doubt) why I can’t do something,
 I give myself at least 3 reasons why I can.

We get into a bad state also because of our words.
You know that thoughts create our emotions & words.

Watch your thoughts, because they become words.
 Watch your words because they become actions.

So I personally improved a lot once I switch how I use my words.
I decided to exchange all my should’s, could’s, ought’s to a Must.

For something I wanted I didn’t give my brain information anymore
 that I should create this post, should work out etc.

I switch that with I must create this post, I must work out 20 minutes every day etc.

It’s a miracle how you can reprogram yourself,
 simply by changing little things.

Simple Ways to Motivate Yourself

-Get motivation from the people in your life.
 Spend less time with negative people who always look at
 the dark or apathetic side of things.
And spend more of the time you have now freed up with enthusiastic
 or motivated people and let their energy flow over to you.

-Remember that you are the captain of your ship,
so complaining that you don’t have the time
 or the right people to hang with is all Your Fault.

 -Don’t limit yourself from the people closest to you.
 There is a ton of motivating books, videos, podcasts,
 blogs and success stories out there that you can
 tap into to up or renew your motivation.

Make time to implement this, even for 10 minutes daily.

-Play music that gives you energy.
One of the simplest things I do when I feel low in energy
 or motivation is to play music that is upbeat or inspires me in some way.

Ask uplifting questions in the morning

Here’s what you do; every morning ask yourself five empowering
 three-part questions this way:

What am I ______ about in my life right now?

What about it makes me _______?

How does it make me feel?
Put in your own value in the blank space. For instance, a couple of my questions are:

What am I happy about in my life right now?

What am I excited about in my life right now?

What do I must accomplish Today that’ll make me feel awesome?

It’s important that you really feel how it makes you feel.

 These morning questions are great because the way they are set up
 makes you recognize things you take for granted and then they
 really get you to feel those positive feelings.

Remind yourself of what you’re moving away from.

 You can also motivate yourself to get going again by looking
 at the negative impact of staying on your current path.
Ask yourself: What will the consequences be if I continue on this path for 1 more year?
And if I do it for 5 more years?
 I have found that this thought exercise has given me the kick-start
 I needed many times when I was in a low state in the past years.

Allow yourself to have thoughts that uplift you or
 make you think about what you want from your life.
Find out what makes you happy or fulfilled.
Then do that. As much as you want or can.

I would love to connect & hear from you,
what are your dominant thoughts?
What are the ways you lift yourself in bad moments?