I’m taking Coaching classes and in my material they talk of motivation away from or towards something. Basically, is your motivation caused by a reaction to something that you want to move away from or are you working toward a goal? They give the example of a crash diet; you eat what you want, then Spring comes around and OH NO, I won’t fit in my bikini, so….crash diet.

Motivation toward is the opposite; you set a goal to reach (fitting into the bikini) and you adopt a lifestyle that helps you attain your goal. Sometimes you may not reach the goal completely, but the healthy lifestyle you’ve adopted has been a motivator to keep on moving. It kind of reminds me of “Slow and steady wins the race”.

Just reading this made me reflect on how I was trying to motivate myself to do things. What I realized is, the reactive motivation is exhausting! Furthermore, it ruins your plans because it just creeps up on you and adds more to your plate…(no pun intended:)) You’ve already got so much to deal with!

What if some parts of your life were on automatic; slow and steady, and didn’t require so much time and effort, that way you could use your time for what you get up in the morning for!

Just think about it… it’s a start!

Michelle