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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:02 PM
- Do you feel a lack of motivation/CEEBZ often? What can we attribute that to?
Yes i do feel unmotivated very often and being honest with myself, it's because i tend to take the easy way out. It's easy to do nothing. It's not good 😞
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:01 PM
Welcome everyone to tonight’s Getting Real Session the topic: MOTIVATION!
Everything starts with motivation. Having the motivation to get up out of bed, to get fit, to do our work… but frankly sometimes like losing a sock we just don’t have it, we can’t seem to find it and even when it’s on; it’s slipping down and coming off in our shoe.
BUT NOT TODAY. NOT RIGHT NOW. I AM MOTIVATED FOR TONIGHT’S CHAT. AND I’LL BE TYPING ONLY IN CAPS!!!!! Nah jokes LOL But really LET’S GET THIS TALK ON THE WAY!
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- Do you feel a lack of motivation/CEEBZ often? What can you attribute that to? (Can't be bothered = CBB = Ceebz.)
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:25 PM
- Do you feel a lack of motivation/CEEBZ often? What can you attribute that to? (Can't be bothered = CBB = Ceebz.)
I feel the lack of motivation all the time. For me at the moment it is due to me going through a tough time with a family illness. I find that I am motivated by stress, as it oh crap it is due in 2 days, I better start that assignment.
I think what attributes to lack of motivation is that people have lack of goals or what they are currently doing does not link in with their long term goal. For me, my long term goal changed whilst I was down really bad with my MH and it took me a while to realise this, but now I am motivated for what I am studying, and I'm motivated to get better. 🙂
My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn't go as planned and that's okay. ツ
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:29 PM
Hey @stonepixie! Thanks for joining us!
Long term goals definitely change, that's for sure. So proud that you took a bad situation and turned it into a great one 
It's usually going through tough times where we learn more about ourselves and improve on that.
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:32 PM
So true @MyvoSometimes you just need to be steered in the right direction to what would make you more happy and such. Sometimes that steering puts you through a hard time. But it definitely makes you a stronger person for it.
My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn't go as planned and that's okay. ツ
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:27 PM
Hey @stonepixie welcome to tonight's chat! Sorry to hear about the family stress, hope things are okay!
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:06 PM
Do you feel a lack of motivation/CEEBZ often? What can you attribute that to? (Can't be bothered = CBB = Ceebz.)
If you ever want a procrasting champ I'm your guy. I put things I don't want to do off constantly and leave it until just before the due date or I don't do it at all. This is probably because it's the easy way out. I just need to teach myself that the easy way isn't the best way and see the positives that can come from doing the work. If I have a reward at the end or if I won't be able to do something I like then I'll be more likely to do it.
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:10 PM
Welcome to our chat @FootyFan26!
PROCRASTINATORS UNITE! ....tomorrow
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:13 PM
Rightio, here's our next question!
2. How do you stay motivated for longer?
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:27 PM
How do you stay motivated for longer?
Work out what my goals are, short and long term.
I am guitly of trying to bribe myself, but I have also learnt that I cannot be bribed. Hahaha.
Taking regular time outs also helps. But if I have a planned time out but I am totally in the zone for what I am doing, I will miss the timeout as I would probably not get back in the groove of things afterwards.
My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn't go as planned and that's okay. ツ
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:16 PM
2. How do you stay motivated for longer?
Positive reinforcement! Rewarding ourselves when we have achieved the set goal for the day. A snickers bar for every 100 words on the essay yummmmmm 🙂
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:21 PM
@NutellaBuster I like the idea of giving yourself small rewards as you continue to reach a goal. Essay writing can be the pits sometimes 
On a related note, the Snickers ad makes sense now - you really aren't yourself (your motivated self) when you're hungry! And...
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:23 PM
@Myvo Unmotivated you + Snickers = MOTIVATED YOU
That should be the commercial hahaha
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:18 PM
2. How do you stay motivated for longer?
As others have said, little rewards along the way... like I can watch this TV show if I finish this uni reading, or whatever. Also try and have some longer-term ones- like maybe a nice holiday after a full-on year- and try and keep the long-term aim in mind (e.g. picturing yourself in your dream career, and seeing each little bit of work as a step towards that)
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:26 PM
@Cheeselover85 Long-term dreams 
Love the idea of taking it all a bit at a time to get to a better tomorrow!
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:23 PM
I just found this good advice on RO about hwo to stay motivated on something that doesn't particularly interest you"Find things that interest you within goals that don’t. Sometimes other people set goals or tasks for us that we don’t find interesting or want to do. So, try and find something within that task that does motivate you. E.g. ‘I hate maths, but it’s going to help me become a builder, which I want more than anything.’ "
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:26 PM
2. How do you stay motivated for longer?
I only really stay motivated with things I like. I tend to have random bursts of motivation that come out from nowhere where I'll do a ton of homework or clean my room. It's really weird but also frustrating because other times I can't get myself to do anything.
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:31 PM
@FootyFan26 Same here! Haha, the other day, I was feeling real keen to clean my room. 1/4 clean at the moment, haha. But progress is progress 
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:36 PM
OMG! The only reason why my room is getting cleaned at the moment is because I can't find something! @Myvo and @FootyFan26My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn't go as planned and that's okay. ツ
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:38 PM
That is the only other reason I clean my room as well @stonepixie!I hate it when you think you know where in the mountain of stuff your shoes are and then once you go through it all you realise they weren't there.
The kick is when you actually put your shoes away in the right place but didn't bother to check.
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:32 PM
I've just realised that most of things I said I should do I don't do except for the burst of work. I barely have any motivation. I just act like I do!- Mark as New
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:34 PM
I think we all can relate @FootyFan26 😄My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn't go as planned and that's okay. ツ
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:36 PM
@stonepixie @FootyFan26 LOL that's the funny thing with motivation. We all know better, just gotta do it hahaha ^^"
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originally posted on 03-08-2015 8:26 PM
@chandelier That's awesome advice. It would make some daunting tasks alot easier lol
The next question is:
3. how do you remain self-motivated when you encounter setbacks?
