Wow! This is an INCREDIBLE post with a lot of things people (including myself) need to hear. I'm going to have to come back and reread parts of this to digest it all, but I'll be passing this along to several people. Everything you addressed was spot-on: if you culminate the opposite of these motivation murderers, you're going to be a successful and optimistic person. Maybe this is proprietary info, but how long did it take you to write this? This could almost be broken up into a month-long series, or at least used as the basis for many more great posts (which is on my mind thanks to this article: http://www.shopify.com/blog/6997620-my-mantra-to-blogging-that-made-20-000-remix-reuse-and-republish )
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Hey Matt! Really appreciate the love! My idea in creating this was to make something that is worth revisiting - more of a resource than a one-time thing. I'm hoping that you do bookmark this thing and come back when you find that your motivation is gone (my goal was to make something that I could go back to). I certainly could have broken this up into 7 pieces and get more traffic but I think it would lose the power of being (hopefully) a one-stop-shop. That article you sent is fascinating, I'll definitely be playing with those ideas. One difference I have with the author is that I revel in hurting my brain to come up with original ideas - the fun is in digging deeper. However! This content IS being leveraged - I'm including nearly all the content in a book I've been writing titled "SelfMadeU". It took me a lot of hours haha - I want to say 8 or more. Curious, what pieces of the post do you think could be expanded on? Which deserve more attention? Also, love your site! Beautiful design and the post on Google+ communities is making me seriously reconsider creating one for StartupBros. Great to have a guy like you on the site!
This is an excellent approach to motivation. There are many ways to get motivated but you hit the nail on the demotivators. The INACTION and NO SKIN IN THE GAME are the demotivators I'm guilty of. Two very good business ideas are sitting on my shelf as I type this. They have been refined and planned out. My skills have been honed and I've reached financial independence. I'm simply not acting on them and am financially cushy to not go through with them. Yet, I continue to fantasize about them. I like your simple solutions: action and responsibility. Another demotivator I would add to this list is FUTURE. I'm always coming up with many excuses why I will have more time and resources in the future to act on these business ideas but never have a good enough reason to act today.
I hope you've taken Step 1 toward building one of your FUTURE businesses!! And that is the perfect addition - I think I'll make an addendum and see what you think. We always have so much faith in our future selves. Time to start giving more credit the present self/circumstances! Loving your blog by the way!
Just wanted to say excellent work and to ask you what other books you recommend seeing htat you are a Nassem Taleb and Tim Ferriss fan. I quite enjoy their work myself. Any other authors or books that have really made a difference to you that you could recommend?
Books are my favorite things in the world James. I'm not sure what you're looking for - if you let me know where you're at in your journey I could give you a more specific recommendation. Here are some of my favorites that come to mind. I put together a short list on my personal blog at http://www.kyleschen.com/2012/09/27/books-that-will-rebirth-your-mind/ Right now Taleb is my hero because he IS his work in a way that no other business writer living is - except for maybe James Altucher. He combines philosophy (one of my other favorite things) and business more elegantly than I thought was possible. Our "Secret Weapons" page has a ton of books that both Will and I love. I've written a couple summaries on this blog of books I enjoy - ReWork and Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20. The Steve Jobs bio is a great inspirational book for any entrepreneur. It shows you just how thoroughly you can break every rule out there. Robert Greene's Mastery is a masterwork on becoming a master. It's unreal how tight Greene's grip on greatness is. It does make sense - he's been writing about power for more than a decade now. Taleb's just-published Antifragile is blowing my mind every page. I can't praise Taleb enough. The Lean Startup is a must-read for any entrepreneur. Ries essentially redefined the process of starting a startup by bringing the ideas of MVP and testing to the masses. The Personal MBA is a necessity as a reference book if you're thinking about business at all. It's hugely valuable and super cheap. The Laptop Millionaire is a great collection of ideas for starting a business online. Surprisingly innovative and honest. If you're looking for a great story and like sci-fi, check out Dune. If you're looking for a great secular spiritual book check out You Are The World by Krishnamurti. If you're looking for straight up motivation in a book Seth Godin's Linchpin is great - I hear his upcoming Icarus Deception is even more exciting. Are these helpful? I'd love to help find one to solve whatever problem you're looking for. Let me know!
This is an EPIC post! You really hit on some great points Kyle. Incredibly helpful stuff.
Thank you, sir!
You are such a wonderful human being. I am SO thankful to have someone like you as a friend. P.S. *hug*, how's the script coming?
It's a-coming! Thank you so much, means a lot!
This has been a useful random find from Google. Better than when I was looking for Pochacco to show my girlfriend and I thought the anime dog was spelled "pochatto" which is chubby hentai, not a cute anime dog.
David - I want to thank you for the first StartupBros comment that made me physically laugh out loud. Well done, sir.
LOL David! I'm so happy you came this way! Thank you so much for introducing that unbelievably cute dog to me...
Hello, what a great post! I'm not finished yet, but needed to send my thanks to you for the inspiration and the tools to get a grip on motivation. Thanks again!!!
Awesome Leana! Come back and let us know what tools you found most useful!
Just what I needed thank you!!
Godspeed, Adrianna!
Unfortunately I was looking for chubby hentai and now I'm reassessing my life. Th-thanks...
Hey Kyle, wonderful post and I agree with you on so many of those things. One thing I noticed about constantly seeing all the highlights of "friends" and people on Facebook is the following: When I meet people that I haven't seen in quite a while they can barely tell me something new about their life. That's because I already knew what they were doing, without even talking to them. I think that is kind of sad! Of course it is far more interesting to hear stories personally, but it just changed the way experiences get shared. cheers
And there's the second one! :)
I started a business last year but have lost all motivation for it. I was actually online looking for a job and decided to type in "lost all motivation for my business" when I came across you blog. Your bit about Facebook really made me laugh. I used to work in the hotel industry so many people I know still work in hotels, now holding senior positions in exotic places, all seeming to be having a great life while I struggle to make a small business work! I will have to come back to your blog for a re read, as its now 2am and I really should be in bed. And thanks to your article, I will now go to sleep in a more positive frame of mind..
Great Donna! There's something to be said for building your own thing... I'm sure they're looking at you with a sense that the grass might be greener too
It is bizarre, isn't !? Of course maybe that's an opportunity to immediately dig deep with them- there's a moment of awkwardness ("Are we really going to start our conversation talking about THIS?!") but it can be followed by a more satisfying conversation.
Wow, I can't fully describe how insightful this article is! First, just prior to reading I was sitting (slouching really) in front of my computer, on FB, wondering how my life got to HERE - mindlessly scrolling through the endless nothingness of my news feed. Why was I choosing to observe other peoples' lives and not my own? Sometimes it doesn't feel like a choice - more of a bad habit. I wonder why I can't get off my lazy butt and read a book, take a walk or catch a great documentary. Thus my "motivation" to find motivation led me to you. The thing I love most about this article is that you provide a balanced perspective. Destroy the motivation killers but choose something your passionate about. Take care of yourself but don't obsess to the point of comparison. You've done an excellent job giving us a realistic, controllable method to stay motivated regardless of our external circumstances. I consider my perspective altered! Thank you!
Tessa! So glad you found this post when you did... and found that it could help! I've found that staying connected to reality helps my motivation in the long-term... it forces you to realize how amazing reality has the potential to be :)
Sat in by a roaring log fire in Cumbria, UK, on the shortest daylight day of the year, whilst really filthy weather blows trees over outside. Motivation to go out and train is difficult, really difficult. Reading your tips on putting the motivation killers to rest has eased my mind somewhat and I will do some sit ups and press ups by the fire instead. Something is better than nothing. And as the Norwegians say 'no such thing as bad weather, only bad choice of clothes'. So an excuse to shop!
Something is always better than nothing indeed! And something will lead me to some more and more and more... Little things that snowball. Glad you enjoyed the post! Sounds beautiful over there
thanks man for this! i know all those murderers and experienced each of them at some part of my life,but thanks to you this post made me rethink about everything :) i was making like $1k per month but it droppped to $10 per day and i know its all bcoz of my laziness that caught me and i dont know how my fingers are typing this xD I bookmarked this and will come back to startupbros if i get demotivated is some part of my life again hehaa !! Thanks man! Abhijith (Oh yea u'll find it hard to spell my name :p )
I definitely have tried a few ways to pronounce your name, it's a fun game but I probably ended up with something offensively bad haha. I'm glad this could help! I hope you've already made moves to get back to - and undoubtedly surpass - that $1k/month mark!
haha just call me A-B xD and yes i already(finally) started working :) Also had a chat with $18k/day guy in cpa markeing and it was just "Woah!!" experience in my life that also motivated me like hell. thanx man, AB or call me moneyboy2012 :) (its my username everywhere :p )
I bet you get there before long :)
Amazing blog! Do you have any recommendations for aspiring writers? I'm hoping to start my own site soon but I'm a little lost on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like Wordpress or go for a paid option? There are so many choices out there that I'm completely confused .. Any recommendations? Bless you!
Thank you very much, this brought back a sense of hope i thought i had lost .
Thank you.
You, Stanley Hughes, are welcome any time
Thank you, I've found this very insightful.
Thank you, really, I've been struggling with so many things lately, and began searching for some sort of band aid advice for how to get myself out of bed in the morning, this was so much more. I think I fall into the "time to leave my job" group, but just knowing others are out there struggling with the same thing helps.
Hey Christina, glad this could help. Getting out of bed can be the hardest thing in the world. I wrote a piece specifically about that time for me, it might be helpful on the next day you get stuck in bed. I hope today is not that day, but if it is : http://thoughtcatalog.com/kyle-eschenroeder/2013/03/some-suggestions-for-navigating-a-world-thats-110-bad/
Thank you, Kyle. I never comment on anything but this truly deserved it.
Awesome, Hans. Thanks a ton!
Everything you mentioned in that article is relatable and relevant. I'm glad I took the time to read this, thank you for making me realise I'm not the only sloth in town!
Here's to you spending slightly less time as a sloth!
Oh man, right on. One of my favorite way's to be motivated is to play with others. I definitely like to share my happiness, and so that keeps me going. Just wanted to voice my appreciation. This is exceptional Thank you!
Playing with others! I just saw a talk that Warren Buffett gave to UF MBA students... the guy is in a perpetual state of PLAY.
Just came across this post and I found it really really helpful, thanks for taking the time to write it! It's clear you invested a lot of time and energy into it, which makes it different to a lot of articles out there that I have come across. It is certainly an article to come back to again in order to practice these different tips. thanks again!
So glad it was helpful Dana! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
This has got to be the best post I've ever read on motivation. You were so thorough that I felt like you were peeking inside my brain, particularly with your insights on impatience and overwhelm. One of my favorite ways to stay motivated is to surround myself with other people who are on fire about what they do, and are genuinely enthusiastic about my work, too. Envy is one of the only issues you listed that isn't a struggle for me; I get a huge thrill out of seeing other people succeed, so this works well for me. It ends up being a perpetual cycle of mutual encouragement.
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Maybe I missed it, because, I freely admit to having skimmed this more than actually read it, but, I did not see my motivational murderer represented. The biggest thing I have a problem with is other people. Not what they think. Not just that they are not also cleaning. Yeah, see, I saw those bits! It's their actively creating messes, breaking things, smoking pot at me when they know it makes me ill, stealing things, and, not cleaning up, and, what they think. All combined. But, mostly, just that I can clean things up and they will be right there to dirty it all up, again; I can buy nice things and they will be right there to destroy them. Sometimes, within minutes. If I kick out everyone living with me, because of it, someone will just break in and do it, anyway, in this neighborhood. And, you know why they can? Because, while I was busy washing the dishes, someone else took the deadbolt out and put a doorknob with no lock in it's place, because, that was easier than installing a separate handle and having to use a key every time you leave the house, even to go check the mail. I am overwhelmed by lack of money, lack of energy, and, extreme ungratefulness and lack of respect from others.
I love this. Realistic advise, funny and doable!? Which is VERY motivating to me! I will bookmark this page and re-read often. I'm 50 years old and seem to have mastered nothing. Just taking that step to be the best me in my passion has been a nagging thorn in my side. I really like the tricking of the mind to just do one, like flossing one tooth, or typing one word, or taking one picture, or taking one minute on the treadmill...haha...so many possibilities....but now the dilemma of picking one. I liked also to either get rid of or spend less time on facebook or even the internet...reading about others achievements instead of making my own is depressing. I'll be back, thank you so much!
Tessa, just the words I want to say. Plus, this blog is for any age. I am nearing 50 and gained incredible insight into my lack of motivation ---this from a lady with a m.a. in counseling. Way to go...gave me a new appreciation for the younger generation - even with the few curse words...I have already shared the article. If it was cleaned up a bit, it could be submitted to an educational or counseling magazine...I will definitely be reviewing it when I back slide...
Wow. They are taking advantage of you, but it has likely been going on for a LONG time. It Seems that you either need to call in reinforcements for an intervention, so you can get your house back...OR leave the home to the "wreckers" and start anew without them. You did find motivation murderers...ingratitude and overwhelm/burnout.
Excellent article. To do it justice, will be re-reading it. Covers every area succinctly and clearly - easy to understand, probably because you've been there. I am a pianist/composer, stuck in the process of my next idea. Reading good things like this, is a way for me to get unstuck. Thank you for taking the time, effort and risk to write this. It is appreciated.
Kyle, I really appreciate you taking the time to write this piece. I will most definitely be back for review. Right now I need to slay impatience and meaning! I am a Christian and so "I should" have a deep sense of meaning... and overall in life I do, but the meaning you talk about hits me hard sometimes when I see the state of the world... like what's the point and nobody needs this product anyway, I'm just good at creating desire for "things" that don't even count in the broad scope of life. I have to slay impatience because I've become a habitual quitter and I can even remember the day my attitude changed! It was in 1993!!! The problem has been I've been given enough talent to make things "sort of work" or work "modestly well" quickly, but since I never really cared much about any of it, as soon as it got difficult, I was out. I've got to digest this writing of yours, it's a feast.
I'd love to hear more about what happened on that fateful day in 1993!! That's an insidious problem, one I've suffered from often. It's not a acute pain but instead the chronic dull pain that we can sit with for a long time. Hope to see you back!
Creating the tribe!! That is probably the biggest, right? The people we're around are the most potent piece of our environment I think. Thanks a TON for including me in your list! Seeing this article mixed in with Seth Godin and those other guys was a nice boost today :)
Sorry to hear about this Arletta. I agree with everything Julie suggested. It sounds like the biggest thing you can do now is remove yourself. It sounds like the poison you're in now is too deep to do anything else.
Agreed 100%
I'm grateful to know you found this useful! Thanks a ton for stopping by. What magazines would you recommend? Feel free to comment here or email me: kyle at startupbros dot com Thanks again!!
Awesome Ann! So many people did their best work after they were 50. When I get frustrated with my position I remember that most of the progress I have made is invisible to me now and will only make sense later. Then I put my head down and work. Everything makes sense in the moments of clarity... but those only last a moment!
Glad you're digging it :)
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope you come back and share your next composition with us!!
You're so welcome Kyle! Your blog is such a great resource, I just had to share it with my readers. Thanks for doing what you do.
Hi Kyle, My tank is nearly on empty when it comes to gratitude as it seems almost everyday my boys are always asking me to buy them stuff and I always respond with "I don't have enough money"; This is then usually followed up by frustration/anger at my circumstances. Then I find myself caught in an endless tennis match of whether to ignore the career I'm passionate about over one that pays better. So, I ignore both because I feel so tired just thinking about it all and drink my sugar loaded coffee or just take a nap. I used to be so fit and now I've gained 10-15 lbs. I don't sleep and my mind never shuts off. I give all I have to my boys and nothing to me. I dont feel good about myself and so don't go anywhere. I'm stuck in this endless merry-go-round.
Lisa, I'm glad you commented, read some of the others in the thread and you'll find stories from many others who are stuck. Here's some ideas based on what you've said: -Wealthy people have the opposite problem with their kids. If you give your kids everything they want then they'll become bored with life and go into a tailspin. I know of a rich kid who just jumped out of a highrise in NYC last year. The most successful entrepreneurs I know were raised poor. This created a hunger in them that drove them to achieve success that kids with an easier childhood could never hope to. I know it's difficult to see but do some reading on it (try Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath) if you don't believe me. Allow yourself to be grateful that you're providing them a stronger foundation than their well-to-do counterparts around you. When they grow up a little bit they won't look back and blame you for being poor, all they need from you is your love. -Career: it sounds like you need to stop trying to fix everything at once. I don't know your situation exactly but it seems like there are a lot of little fixes you should make before going into the "passion" career. Check out this post on creating passion: https://startupbros.com/how-to-create-you-passion/ -You're wearing yourself out from thinking too much. It's not helping - you're just running in circles without any progress. When you wake up in the morning, meditate for ten minutes. Every single day. Next week, 15 minutes, then 20. When I did this I cut my rumination by at least 50%.How to meditate? Sit down and focus on the sensation of your breathing on the tips of your nostrils and your upper lip. That's it. No more instructions until you've done it for at least a week. -Diet: don't worry about this until you've begun meditating. If you find a chance to stop yourself from a significantly bad diet choice then take it and congratulate yourself. -Stop reading so much and start creating (or just sit): https://startupbros.com/input-deprivation-week-forcing-action-by-killing-information-addictions/ Just pick one thing. Meditate this week. Then worry about other things. Little things multiply in effectiveness. Focus on each little step. You're in a deep hole right now. I don't even know if you can see the light. I promise you there IS light left for you, though. I've been down there and couldn't see anything. Finally I started doing little things. I lowered the bar so low I could practically roll over it. A few months later I stepped over it. A couple years later and I'm able to take leaps. I never thought this would happen. But it did. Godspeed!
I loved it!!! Very helpful!!! I sometimes seem to get overwhelmed and to feel a loss of purpose. I'll ask myself why do I need to even do this. Lol! I will also want to do things in my mind as if my mind is full of energy but I don't want to do the things that I need to do and I'm not sure what I want to do. However, I stay away from things like Facebook and TV as that seems to help. I find that the nosier you are about others takes precious time and energy from your own life. I guess I said that correctly. Anyways, thanks a lot. Some of these things I already do and didn't realize they were common to others. I do tend to shorten the task. I'll tell myself I'll just at least do this one thing and once I get started I tend to keep going even past the one task I was going to in the first place. I'm sure I'll come back and read this again. :) great advice!!!!
Awesome Rebecca! I love that you're here!!
Hi Lisa, I hesitate to say, "I've been you," because no human being can ever know exactly what another has gone through, so I'll just tell you that if I substituted the words, "my girls" where you wrote "my boys," there have been so many times in my life I could have written exactly what you shared. My heart goes out to you. I know that sometimes it can all start to feel like a hamster wheel that spins faster and faster, and there's no way to stop running and jump off. It feels that way, but it's not the reality. I promise, there is a way out of this, and that way happens one moment at a time. Kyle gave you excellent advice (I actually cried last night, reading it while I was in line at a pizza place). As someone who has been there, I second everything he said, but especially the meditation. If you feel like you can't possibly carve out even the ten minutes he recommended, start with five. Or three. The most important thing is just to start. As your commitment grows, the time will show up to expand your practice. I grew up in complete poverty. My daughters, all teenagers, have seen me struggle and fight, sometimes just to be able to feed them. We faced some serious challenges, and it was exhausting and terrifying. All of that is changing now. I tell you that not to be a rah-rah Pollyanna, just to let you know that it can and does happen. There's hope. And there are strangers out here in cyber-space rooting for you. Mani
Hear hear!
Thank you.
You are very very welcome :)
Thank you. This is a keeper. So well thought out and so helpful today.. One never knows what gems one can stumble upon...I love the length and breadth of the internet...Blessings.
I love the internet too. Curious: How did you stumble on this?
Rebecca, You are so right. I did not realize that others struggled with similar motivational murderers. I too have been pumped up to get some things done esp when pulling up in tge driveway...then it fizzles out when I get into the house. I will try to do at least 1 on my list BEFORE I check my e-mail starting today. I was actually successful. I just need to keep plugging along. Thanks Kyle - loving you
lol the driveway!! oh i knoooow that one
Thank you Kyle, I am so happy to have stumbled on this blog while I was surfing the net for "I have too many projects I want to do" When I read your list, I see I suffer from many of the motivation murderers, including envy, Facebook ( I have left once, for 6 weeks :-) and try to only whizz in and out each day ) impatience, inaction.......well all 7 really! You were right about even looking up my problem being a procrastination, and now it's too late in the day to be creative, I have to go out and do some things before the shops shut. I will come back here later though, I have to put your information into practice, as not being creative is not good for my health, even though I do think "If the world is going to end, is there any point!" Lol Thanks again, Linda :-)
I just wanted to say a quick THANK YOU SO MUCH for this. Helped me in ways I didn't think a blog post [while procrastinating against doing things I need] would. Now, on to get my five minutes in.
godspeed bonnie! it's funny what low standards we set for blog posts :P
Awesome! Thanks for your help. I have had the best few days by just stating what I am grateful for. Appreciated!
Heellllllll yeah John!! It's as simple as just one thing man, the power in simplicity amazes me every time. Congrats!
Hi, Kyle, Thanks for the awesome post, insightful and surprisingly helpful, especially the part about overcoming impatience by organizing your schedule. I wouldn't have thought of that one! Also, I laughed out loud reading the part about Loss of Meaning. At 30, you'd think I wouldn't need to read a blog to realize I'm not the only person in the world who sits around wondering if my work "means something", if it's profound and meaningful enough for me to spend hours and hours of my life doing something that may never get me rich (or indeed even paid) just because I am (or used to be) wildly passionate about it. I completely agree with you about adopting the craftsman's mindset, though for me, that doesn't so much shift the focus onto others as it shifts the focus onto actually enjoying the process of creation itself. Finally, I actually stumbled upon this post while searching the internet for material to further my work, thus making it the new number one on my list of Experienced Oxymorons: Productive Procrastination. So thanks again for that! Kim
Hey Kim! Thanks for letting me know what was useful in the thing. It's funny, I only have access to weird solutions that I've stumbled into... like organizing my schedule as a last resort to help me see that it's good to be on day 5, not day 30... skipping steps won't help lol "I’m not the only person in the world who sits around wondering if my work “means something”, if it’s profound and meaningful enough for me to spend hours and hours of my life doing something that may never get me rich (or indeed even paid) just because I am (or used to be) wildly passionate about it. " ... amen! This is something I have to constantly remind myself of. I slip out of the craftsman mindset every time I get thrown off my routine for too long. And it can take days for me to realize that I'm asking the bad questions AGAIN! Vigilance!! Curious - what did you search to get here? lol Experienced Oxymoron... I love it! Looking he paradox in the eye and saying... "Well...okay."
Hey Kyle! I searched (and yes, I'm aware it will require somewhat of an explanation in order for me to look like a sane, normal person): "i'll make sure everyone here sees you getting the crap kicked out of you anime" Yeah... So why did I search that and how is it relevant to my work? Well, that's the thing about the internet: You start out searching for something that makes complete sense, then something rather less sense-making tends to come floating along. In this case, that something was a snapshot out of an anime I felt I might want to take a look at sometime in the future (because I'm working on a graphic novel and wanted inspiration, of course, not because I was at this point in any way distracted by the shiny, shiny world of Internetland). Right. And the line I searched was the line of subtitle included in that snapshot, which is what got me here. As for WHY it got me here, I'm all out of explanations, lol. You'll have to ask Google about that one. Kim
Thank you for the beautiful post, Kyle. Reading your post was good start of the day.. A blogpost on motivation telling people "You don’t need this blog post." for motivation sounds utterly honest to me. Like your emphasis on intrinsic motivation. :) Applause, Samita http://wpsmartapps.com/
Had a lot of fun on the interview for your site! It's weird how sometimes we just need to be told that we don't need anything Talk to you soon!
lol that might be my favorite search term ever that led a fellow Interneteer to something I wrote. So thanks for that. That is a wild thing, serendipity everywhere all the time! Is your work online? Are you willing to share it here? I want to see it!!
lol, your enthusiasm makes me loath to disappoint you but sorry, most of my finished artwork is part of a project I'm actively trying to get published, which of course means I can't let pages or character designs run rampant on the internet all willy-nilly. Your post did motivate me to set aside time in my schedule to work on a sideproject of mine however- a oneshot I've been planning (vaguely) and failing (abysmally) to complete for the specific purpose of internet publication. So thanks for that! Hopefully I'll keep to the schedule and actually get it done this time.
I googled my symptoms as of how Ive been feeling for pretty much the past 9 months. Blamed the loss of a relationship, change in job, increase in the need to use facebook etc as to why I feel low and demotivated. Im motivated for work and seem to put on a face and on facebook comments on what an interesting life I lead posts motivating. In reality I lost..lost my way. I spend what time I have alone in bed..sleeping..watching tv..eating crap..get up..dont shower or see anyone until.its time to go back to work. My house is untidy..I put off and do very little..basics that just get me by. I often wake motivated and think right Lisa today is the last day I feel like this..write..do a few tasks then before you know it im back on the merrygoround of couch or bed. Cant thank you enough for this Posting..made me accept im a)not alone b)can survive this c)life will get back on track A big Thank You x
I really love this article, especially the "kill facebook" and about "envy" section. Thanks for sharing bros.. :)
Yeahhhh! I hope it was helpful! I wonder if you killed Facebook?
So glad you found this, Lisa. It sounds like you've really got to put time on your side. That just means tiny positive actions. I wrote a post about how I dealt with my depression here: http://www.kyleschen.com/2012/09/14/the-21-laws-of-annihilating-depression/ I think you might find it useful. Godspeed! And thank YOU for sharing your story
Thank You Kyle for your kinds words I appreciate your response and reading your post on depression...wow..Dive in and find my shit. I got my paints out..canvas..its something I used to be really good at and a way to express myself...I will revel in my shit and mix it up with a bit poetry n song too. Once again thank you x
This is an amazing article.. which is just the thing I needed to read to get me up and to make me get on with things. The section about envy is something very close to home which I am not happy to admit and really need to work on! Very helpful, thank you for motivating me!
It's powerful that you admitted it here! Good luck, I hope you keep consistent
This was so insightful , never left a comment on a blog but this one I had to! I feel like this could possibly change my life if I let it ......My me / motivation has been murdered by ALL the above at separate times in my life and sometimes all these motivation murderers have worked at the same to literally kill me! Thank you..... onto living life .
Awesome Kigen! I'm glad to hear you're going to make some changes because of this. Look! You've already commented on a blog when you don't usually do that. Little steps like that can add up big time. Would love to hear about your progress
I would go with a paid wordpress page. I also put a massive guide on getting better at writing together: https://startupbros.com/the-ultimate-writing-guide-for-entrepreneurs/ Good luck!
Awesome :)
I'm glad, thanks for stopping by
Well... I hope you share it when it's shareable anyway :) Have the changes lasted?