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Staying motivated to achieve your goals can be difficult, especially when you’re feeling overwhelmed by obstacles. The bad news? Some days it just feels impossible to get yourself to do what you know you should do, and it can feel like you’re stuck in an endless cycle of procrastination and self-loathing. The good news? You don’t need anyone else to motivate you, because it’s within your own power to stay motivated - if you know how to work with your own brain chemistry.
The Basics | Motivation
Motivation is a lot like oxygen – you don’t really notice it until it’s missing. Though we think of motivation as coming from outside us, our internal drive is more powerful than we may realize. If you want to consistently stay motivated to achieve your goals, create ways to remember what you are working towards. The key to consistency is self-motivation - and we believe the key to staying self-motivated is connecting your mentality with what's visual.
How Visual Reminders Can Help | Focus On The Visual
Research suggests that self-motivating yourself with a visual reminder can work wonders. For example, if you want to run at least five miles every day, create a visual cue to help motivate you. This can be done with an inspirational quote in your gym bag or by wearing a running shirt with a distance tracker. Regardless of what the visual reminder is, you need something concrete to focus on throughout your day—and since physical reminders like photographs and videos take up more space in our brains than abstract thoughts, it’s easier for your mind to grab onto these sorts of things and make it a habit to use them as fuel for motivation. In other words, when your body sees what you want to achieve, it makes it easier for your brain to accept those goals mentally. So don’t just think about staying motivated; actually do something about it.
You see, self-motivation is all about discipline; it's the mental connection we create with the visual reminder that holds all the power. Once you condition your mind to correlate your goals with something visual, you will always have the ability to tap into your inner drive and get to work.
