Getting things into habit

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3 years ago

I think… I may not be the best person you could ever ask to write about motivation because bluntly speaking, I’ve never really been one who enjoys listening and reading motivational speeches and passages. I get that for some people, they need that extra push and reminder but for me, it’s always been different. I honestly have never needed a push or a reminder. I know how to motivate myself. Unlike most though, I’m not so reliant on the tangible, I look more into habits than anything.

By definition, motivation is the reason why you’re acting a particular way. In most cases, it’s seen in a positive light and is often a very needed component in achieving dreams and goals, something tangible for most people.

When I think of motivation, the first thing I think of is a mental state and graduality. Those are the best ways in which I can pull any form of motivation, really.

Motivation is a state of mind in the sense that you can easily fall into a rhythm or a pace once you start on something and you focus on it.  I don’t know if anyone has ever noticed this but when your environment is fitting for a certain task, or you’re already working on a task, you can sometimes easily focus. And I do think that aside from being in a state of focus, you’re already motivated enough to do a task. Motivation isn’t so hard to achieve, honestly, you just need to know how you would pace yourself and you just need to get to know the task at hand.

In my case, once I already find a pace for myself, I already count myself as motivated, whether it be art, studying, or cooking. My initial complaints don’t matter because my focus falls on the task.

Then at times, when a fitting state of mind isn’t enough, I think of graduality. The progress I’ve made so far. As much as a task can be tiring and sometimes motivation does run out, just stop and think of how all your efforts gradually became something so significant. Be it in the positive light or negative light. But of course, we will always strive harder when it’s on a positive note.

Another thing I do enjoy with getting motivation from graduality is that it becomes part of your habits. Something as simple as say, stretching your body for some 15-30 minutes, at first you’ll really need all the motivation and energy the world can give you to even get out of bed, especially on a rainy day. But come a few weeks, a few months and you won’t even need to find the motivation for it, it just happens naturally.

I know it doesn’t really make sense to you guys but this is the motivation for me, it’s on a natural and functional view and not on tangible things like people, family, and goals. I try to motivate myself just for the sake of finishing a task because that is the most basic of reasons for me to do something, allocating a task because she wants me to do this or he wants me to do this just stresses me out and takes me longer to finish any task at hand. But when I say: I need to finish this I know I have to with or without any other motive to back it up. It’s a miserable view to some and is very borderline unmotivated, actually. Yes, it kinda is, but then, some actions and tasks really don’t require a motive, they just need to be done and that’s that.

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If you are planning to do something in life and you desperately want it then challenge yourself everyday. How are you, Hanzell?

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3 years ago

you don't need the challenge though. just the energy for something. I'm good. how about you?

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3 years ago

Wonderful. I'm good too! Thank you. This is Wickedsoul.

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3 years ago

i thought so! cuz i see your rc name on noise sometimes UwU

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3 years ago

Good afternoon!

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3 years ago

A very interesting and personal way to motivate yourself. "Habit does not make a monk" says a Chinese phrase. Everyone finds their own rhythm to do things.

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3 years ago

I'm not sure what "habit does not make a monk" means OnO I've never heard of that saying before

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3 years ago

The monk's habit has a meaning for the one who sees it, he can be considered a respectful, spiritual and well-mannered person. Or maybe it is not so. But what I mean is that a person can do an action or a job all the time and that does not mean that he is motivated.

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3 years ago

well true, there's a difference with just doing things and being motivated to do something. but as I've said, motivation is a reason behind an action so more or less, there is still a motive behind what they do

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3 years ago

Sometimes pinagmimix up q na ung motivation at inspiration which are too different from each other pla after reading this tsaka q npagtanto bkit ibng term ung ginagamit q instead of inspiration e motivation😁

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3 years ago

inspiration kasi yung mga tao na ginagamit mo for motivation, when motivation is merely the reason lang. parang reason ng motivation mo pwede family kaso pag yun kasi yung motivational source mo, it's more closer to inspiration na talaga or ang technical ko lang na tao 😅

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3 years ago

Done mine.. Indeed motivation inspires us to do things and make it a habit

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3 years ago

yeah and that's pure motivation na UwU

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3 years ago

This is beautiful, Cell. I love both things you cited. Indeed, we need to pace ourselves and be mindful of our environment. When you have the right condition, it is easy to find motivation, no doubt.

The second one hit me more because I am that kind of person. I appreciate the graduality. I focus on the little progress made which makes it easier to make me understand I need to stay focused and motivated because I am not doing bad at all.

Indeed, in everything we do, we should keep moving. No one can motivate us better than us. When we draw strength from inside, everything else aligns. External motivation is good and it is a bonus on the internal one.

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3 years ago

i always go for the more technical aspect of things and this is what always come to mind when people say motivation those people claiming to be motivational speakers have it all wrong and I don't like it

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3 years ago

Hahaha that is so true. We mock motivational speakers here in Nigeria. You will hear, "I built a real estate company with $1. If I can do it, you can do it too" 🤣🤣😂🤣😂

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3 years ago

now that's just plain bullshit and no one can probably do that unless that 1$ was magical

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3 years ago

Exactly. So many unrealistic words. They are far from reality. I don't listen to them and like you said, I motivate myself too 🤣🤣😂

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