Something which is working well for me at the moment is a sort of "reward system". It's a form of motivation for me to get stuff done, otherwise I wouldn't get anything done... I wouldn't do anything or leave the house.
But I tell myself that 1) waking up early (to make sure that I am tired in the evenings and go to sleep early) means that I get to eat a delicious breakfast.
2) if I work hard in the morning, via emails, blogging etc then my reward is that I get to go to the gym. If I keep putting off things in the morning then it will take even longer until I get to workout, so by having that as my reward I work productively.
3) then my reward after the gym is that u get to watch series.
4) then there is of course housework to do each day. Which really isn't that bad or hard for me to do because I know I am helping others in the house and something I know I need to do. But my reward for doing that is rest time and knowing I've done something productive and helpful so if I just want to rest then I can do that.
5) then there is some evening work I need to do again and I reward myself by getting blogging done for the evening and hopefully the following morning so then I can just rest and watch series for the evening.
It works for me to have rewards though at times it doesn't because I reward myself before actually doing anything. ... and then I just don't feel productive at all and well, what is there to do or work for if there is no reward! ! Haha.
Not everyone works like this, but I've always been like this, I need some type of goal or reward. And rewards ca just be small things such as after studying 3 hours I buy myself a questbar or after a tough day at hospital I get to come home and watch a series. And other times rewards are a new pair of shoes or new running gear etc
It's important to find what works for you and what motivates you and gets you to do the stuff you need to get done!
p.s, i seriously do this all the time, so sometimes it takes a while to reply because i have mentally already replied, but then a week or two later i realise i havent actually replied. (This mostly happens on FB messenger, so i am so sorry! haha)
Are you still together with your boyfriend? You haven't written anything about him :s I'm sorry if you don't want to write about it.
ReplyDeleteonly curious ... number 4) daily housework? do you divide it amongst you in your family? what do you do?
ReplyDeleteonly curious!
i like this post, and am glad that this system works well for you.
(actually, i like all your posts, so this is no exception)