Just a little more.
Last
night I stayed up until 3 in the morning, having had 4 hours of sleep
the night before and waking up at 7 again, giving me a grand total of 8
hours in the last two days.
I do not recommend it.
That’s why, in this moment, the only way I can motivate myself is to look at the one thing in front of me.
The day is still long, and just thinking about that fills me with nervousness and I want to breathe a heavy sigh.
I have nowhere near the energy to make it through all of it, at least not today.
But I can make it through this answer, right here, right now.
And, that is what I have thought since this morning: “Just a little more.”
Motivation is always rather fleeting.
There is always a general sense of it, as we all have to be motivated for anything we do, but it’s not very strong, and it doesn’t need to be.
If you can simply put your attention on what is in front of you at the moment and forget the rest it seems incredibly easy.
It’s just this task. It’s just this moment. It’s just this one thing.
And
while this won’t make you incredibly productive on its own, for me,
right now, it is definitely the best way to tackle this day.
That
being said, knowing how to become motivated, I’m also trying my best to
combine it with my absolute goals in front of me, which is a very thin
line to walk.
On
one side thinking about the big goals too much causes anxiety and
stress, but on the other, thinking about it too little disconnects me
from the purpose of what I am doing at the moment.
I
keep my goals in front of me, seeing the overarching picture, and then
ignore everything until I get to what it is I can do in this moment.
In that delicate balance is where motivation truly grows.
Knowing
that what I do in this moment, knowing that a little more right now
gets me closer to the overarching picture, is enough to keep me working
hard today. (Also Coffee helps).
-
-Lukas Schwekendiek
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