I don’t want to do it. I’m tired. Not feeling it. I’ve got other things to do.
Yeah, me too.
We tell ourselves we’d rather be at the movies or get a few more zzzzz’s or we pine for the good old days, but since we’re adults, we suck it up and do what we have to do.
We’ve got bills to pay and people to please. So we do it. Whether we feel like it or not.
Snap, crackle, pop, the day is over and we’re glad we didn’t give up and let our pouting inner child have their way.
What happened?
I saw this quote today that suggests an answer:
“Motivation follows action. Get started, and you’ll find your motivation follows…â€
Sounds good but I don’t think it’s true.
We get started because we have bills to pay and people to please. That’s our motivation.
It’s not about the pleasure of a good day’s work. It’s all about pain.
The pain of not paying the bills and the consequences thereof outweighs the pain of doing things we don’t feel like doing.
When our inner child is having a tantrum and doesn’t want to do their homework, promising them an extra hour of TV if they finish might work, but in my experience, what works better is the threat of NO TV if they don’t.
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