How does motivation work? What makes us pick up our feet and do what we gotta do?
Well, for me, motivation works the same way, backwards and forwards. It's like this...
BACKWARDS:
I eat one Hershey's Kiss. I am motivated to eat more.
My job is mostly sedentary. I am motivated to be less active.
My co-workers like to snack (on unhealthy foods). I am motivated to do the same.
I find comfort in certain foods. I am motivated to drug myself with them.
None of this takes much effort. I am motivated to do even less.
FORWARDS:
I read a success-story blog like Catherine's or Jacquie. My endorphins kick in. I am motivated to want success.
I skip an unhealthy snack. It isn't as hard as I thought it would be. I am motivated to do it again.
No pasta or pizza till I can't breathe, and I sleep better. I am motivated to eat more healthfully and lightly.
Moving, even a little bit, raises my energy. I am motivated to move more.
What we feed grows.
If we feed the negative in our lives, it gets bigger. It becomes an unending cycle of drudgery and pain. And it continually gets worse. I am an EXPERT at feeding the negative. I think we all know how to do that.
If we feed the positive in our lives, it gets bigger. The cycle is now made up of health, strength, and energy. Feeding the positive, well, that's a learning experience for me. It takes planning, effort and action. It takes overcoming LAZINESS, which I believe is a huge part of my negative cycle. I have never been good at feeding the positive, but I am getting better. I am learning that I am worth it!
This week I have been positive. I've fed my positive cycle with lots of water and some great physical exertion. It's a start. My goal is to replace the negative with positive. Looks like my work is cut out for me. No one ever said this journey would be easy! Where on earth was or is that written?
How do you feed the positive in your life? What makes you pick up your feet and do what you gotta do?
4 comments:
Great post! I think it's wonderful that you're getting better at feeding the positive in your life. I need to work on it. Lately, it's just been negativity on stop of negativity.
Great job staying with the positive! :)
What we feed grows ... I love it ! Thanks for sharing :)
Such an awesome sentiment...sometimes it feels overwhelmingly hard to get out of the negativity rut, but I've found for me, it takes ONE TIME of saying no to something bad for me, and then each time after that gets easier and easier, until I'm out of the bad habit. This is a constant thing, of course!! But all the same, when you're conscious of your choices you can decide instead of react...have a super day!
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