Being motivated is one thing, but maintaining it is another. Maintaining your own personal motivation to achieve your goals is really important for many reasons. It's important to me because it keeps me happy, focused, and on track. A lot of the time when I get off track, it's because I've lost my self motivation. This has happened to me enough because I've found many ways to maintain my motivation.
One way that always helps me find my motivation is looking at Pinterest. I feel like I have mentioned this in a previous post but this is such a huge way to remind yourself why you're doing what you're doing. If you lose motivation to continue on your project of decorating your room, look at Pinterest for more ideas and themes. In my situation, however, I use the running tab to remind myself why I love racing and training. I use it to read quotes and links to articles about running. I love using Pinterest because of how organized it is. It usually only takes me 20 minutes to feel restored.
Another great way I keep motivated is by allowing myself to pick out a reward at the end of each week that I accomplish something new like PRing in a race, or giving up a junk food I like. I either replace that junk food with a health food (I replaced ice cream with a new type of ice cream I'll review in my next post) or I reward myself with a new running jacket or something like that. Bigger rewards go with bigger achievements. It keeps me motivated because I've proven myself to sticking to a goal and achieving it.
Staying motivated also means keeping your intentions clear. Remind yourself daily and encourage yourself to keep going. I often slip up all too often but I've only recently figured out that if I reiterate to myself my list of goals in my mind, I feel better knowing that I have a clear definition of what is going to happen. It helps me get back up and look through things I need to improve on. (356)
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