What drives you to get out the bed everyday? What makes your soul smile? Have you lost that smile? What I mean is…what motivates you? How do you motivate yourself after your soul stops smiling?

Life is tough. Nothing is supposed to be easy, but you can certainly make decisions that can make life easier for yourself or not. It is totally up to you. When you encounter difficulty, how do you respond? Do you wonder to yourself why is this happening to me? Do you wonder why it didn’t happen to someone you think is less deserving of favor in life? Do you say, “Why didn’t this happen to him/her, she/he’s a horrible person anyway?” or do you approach difficulty with the mindset of okay, this happened, now what?

One way to tackle a lack of motivation is to first understand there will be times in life when things are gong to go wrong and when that time comes, it will be up to you to motivate yourself to keep going and not wallow in pain, frustration, anger, or any other emotion that can take you further away from your goals.

The second thing you should consider is when you are down, what brings you back up? Is it your family, working out, listening to music that makes you feel good, or maybe its touching bases with a really good friend. Whatever that is for you, use it. Spend quality time with your family and unplug from everything else. Put your running shoes on and get on that trail in the middle of nature or hit up your favorite gym. Pop in your favorite CD (if you still use those, (smile)) or stream your favorite artist and get lost in the sound of music. Whatever that may be for you to pull yourself out of that funk go to it, run to it and pull yourself together because the next step may be your hardest…

Take action! You have to do something. Pull yourself out of your comfort zone and accomplish your goals. You’ve achieved the motivation to continue on your journey. The good thing about motivation is that it only takes a spark to get yourself in motion. It is up to you to maintain consistency and continue on your journey. Whenever you find that you are losing the consistency your need to continue on, go back and find your motivation.

This is not a one-stop shop. This is an ongoing process! Motivation can fade and when it does it is up to you to find it and forge ahead. You can do it, I believe in you.