How many times have you said to yourself – if I could just get motivated I could lose weight, exercise more, go back to school, get out of debt or get a job I love?

Life would be great if we could just get motivated right?  Well the good news is motivation is internal.  And that’s the bad news too – nobody else can do it for you.  When you decide to commit to making yourself Priority 1 and taking ownership of your self-care, happiness and success you become responsible for the decisions you make.  And that’s where a lot of us slide down that slippery slope because our BS gets in the way.  Our belief systems I mean. 

There are 3 secrets to the art of motivation. 

1. You must BELIEVE that what you do matters. 
2. You must TRUST that after you decide to do something it will happen
3. You must COMMIT to stay with it and not give up until you get your result.

For many years I had no trouble getting motivated to start something.  I got a bright idea and excitement set right in.  I made big plans.  But soon after the initial rush began to fade, so did my commitment.  The minute I began to doubt that I could make the changes I wanted to make, I started down that slippery slope.  I lost confidence in myself and my desire to stick with it.  My motivation mojo evaporated into thin air.

Life happens when you’re making other plans and the demands on us can make it seem almost impossible to find a way to change your habits.  When you’re overburdened and overwhelmed, how do you find the motivation to take care of the dishes much less yourself?  

That’s why I’m a believer in NOT adding another goal to an already full plate.

You start by looking at your “BS” – and how those belief systems are holding you back from what you want.  They’re barriers to creating your soul-inspired life.  They manifest as fear of success, feeling alone, feeling guilty or ashamed, low self-esteem, lack of focus or fear of failure.  And they can drag us into a downward motivational spiral. 

But even that’s not the whole story.  Underneath that BS is the BIG BS that’s often the root of many of the others.  It’s about self love.  It’s not ACCEPTING and LOVING yourself right where you are.  When your inner critic starts in on you, do you minimize the importance of who you are and what you came here to do?  Do you feel that what you do doesn’t matter or won’t change anything?  That’s what will knock motivation right out of you.  It will defeat your spirit before you even start. 

Grab a piece of paper and write out something you’d like to motivate yourself to do.  Then write down all the barriers to achieving that goal.  Can you see how motivation can’t help you until you bust through those barriers?  You just keep hitting the wall until you know how to get through it.

The truth is, nothing happens until something moves, as Einstein sagely observed. Motivated people aren’t any different from you – they are successful because they believe in themselves – trust in the process – and commit to just do it – even if they don’t want to.

Please believe that everything you do matters.  You matter.  Believe you deserve to have health, energy, and abundance in every area of your life!  Your future is not somewhere beyond you – it is inside you!  Decide what it is you truly want to do for you – create a plan and then take little actions every day.  Accept yourself right where you are and begin to believe – trust – and commit to loving yourself enough to live the life of an on-fire fitchick!

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