I didn’t want to run. Not a single bone in my body felt like venturing out into the dark cold winters morning to exercise.
Luckily, I have some well-rehearsed steps to get me motivated:
- Get what I need | I get dressed and lace up my running shoes.
- Step Out | I step out the door.
- Take Steps | I take steps in the right direction and repeat.
- Finish | And eventually and after a few thousand steps I finish! And the soak, not in sweat, but in the sweet high of endorphins that comes from finishing.
Clearly, this is not really a post about running.
It’s about motivation.
It’s about that task or project you have been putting off.
Often the times we least feel like it, are the very times that we need create motivation.
Get what you need.
Step out.
And take the first small slow step.
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Motivation is not something you have, or feel.
Motivation is something you create.
Motivation is something you do.
I’m not sure what caused the epiphany. Maybe it was the brief moment I had sitting in crisp fresh air marveling at the lake and mountains nestled in the Swiss Alps. Perhaps it was processing time from long hours of driving. Or something I was reading, I cannot recall.