How do you motivate yourself when you're just not in the mood?

Hi GreenMoo, Firstly may I say that I am sorry that you are feeling this way today and hope your mood shifts soon. What I do is just with it, I know that everything will take me so much longer to do when in a mood like that so I just accept that I am feeling that way and relax with it rather than try to fight it. I will usually have an early night also and wake up feeling fresh and ready to take care of the chores skipped the previous day. I know there may be some have to do things, but instead of the whole ironing pile just do things needed for the morning and forget the rest, a day won't hurt. I haven't given you the boot you asked for sorry but I am sending you a big big hug instead. Ellie :D

I don't know. I have been fighting an unmotivated spirit for two weeks now when it comes to my crafts. I need to be out in my studio pouring molds and cleaning greenware and firing my kiln but I just can't seem to get the lead out of my b*** and get out there. I have been motivated to do all the canning we have been doing by the poor state of our economy. But I just can't seem to motivate myself to do my ceramics.It didn't help that both my pieces I had listed on ebay did not sell.

Generally speaking, if either I or the roomie is in the mood to do the work, we can egg on the other to do it. A few weeks ago, it was me egging on the roomie, yesterday it was the roomie egging me on. We went thru the clothes and took a big trash sack over to Goodwill the first time. Yesterday we went thru and are sending socks, some clothes I got from Freecycle, some duplicate DVD's and a couple of robes out to her folks. Mind you, we pulled all the DVD's we could find and now have them boxed up so we can move things around in the "media room." A couple of years ago we rearranged 2 rooms and got all the stuff moved, but never completely organized. Then the new roomie moved in with her stuff.....

I always find it hard to get motivated however I always remember the days where I have done the things that I should even if it is just the cleaning and then remembered how much appriciation I got for it and how good I felt about myslef when it was completed. Doing something is hard work but you have to think about the end product because lets face it once it's done you then dont have to worry about doing it and you really can relax.

Yup youre right in wot you say a boot up the butt is the best cure for feeling sorry for yourself.youve just got to get up and get on with it,push yourself to do what you dont want to do and be determined,as John Wayne did in his film True grit.Keep yer chin up!!

Hmm, most of the time I just sit blankly and stare at the wall (very pointless) but I motivate myself by telling myself that if I don't do this right now I'll have to it tomorrow as well as all the extra things i'll have to tomorrow. That's just makes me feel alarmed and I go and do it. You should think of being able to relax when you've done everything. After all it does feel great to finish your to do list for the day.

Look yourself inthe mirror and give the big smile

i usually just take a break... i either watch TV, take a walk or surf the internet for a while... after that, i will be fine and ready to do stuffs again... sometimes i just have to force myself... we have to do what we have to do unfortunately and procrastinating will not help me in any way... so i just force myself after i take a break... take care and have a nice day...

Well, it happens to everybody once in while. You wouldn't be human if you were chirpy always, would you? Though that would be an ideal state. Getting motivated is tough indeed during these times. What do I do? Well, I force myself to work. If I don't force myself to work, the work piles up and I will have to pay later. The best thing you can do is accept the "just-not-in-the-mood" state and wait for it to pass. I am afraid there is no cure for it. Cheers and happy mylotting

Hi GreenMoo. Generally I tend to lay back and completely enjoy the lax 'time-off' on the ground of your objective can not be accomplished without efficiency or it will be completed with a horrendous outcome. Desire is the key to open the door for you. Hope this ring a bell at any rate.

I'm a list person. I make them and make them. I usually get it all done, but the lists get so long, I do one for each day. What helps me is to rewrite my list for the next day - seeing a fresh clean list seems to give me at least the ambition to do what I know I have to do. I start on Fridays and just list things I have to do the next week, starting monday. THen on Sunday, I will take a few sheets and often put 2 days on a sheet, and on Sunday I will take the "master" list and divide up all the things out of the hosue that I have to do to combine trips and do errands in the same area and all so I conserve gas and get as much done while out instead of going out every day of the week. Seems to work very well for me. Just something about taking htat long master list and planning it out into days - seems to give a bit of motivation - each daily list is shorter than the master list, so it can't be that bad to do the daily chores!

I was like that yesterday, tired from a week of work, so I caught up with myLot and played a game and wrote some stuff. Generally, I find that if I stretch all parts of my body, I'll get somewhat invigorated. I have a cup of coffee, too. If that doesn't work, and there's no excuse for my lethargy, I just force myself to do the easiest thing on my list--whether I like it or not!

Frankly,I am not the guy who can handle the mood perfectly and sometimes I stuck in the mood for a while likes aftershocks.Maybe the problem is my constellation Pisces?Person borns in this time always be of imagination and sensitive.The picture I had done has alway showed up ,like movie,in my brain.I just cant stop it!When I mean to kick the mood out of my head this thing could make me mad too!A friend told me running as fast as I could maybe could work.Then I took it I found it do help!The breath and sweat calm me down. This is my way and I Hope it will help you a lot.

When I jus feel that I cant get myself together I do yoga I find that to be very mind relaxing and I meditate at night when the kids sleep you know just to gather my thoughts.

Some days I feel that someone has stolen all my motivation and replaced it with lethargy, my get up and go has got up and gone and the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off. When those days come along I feel the only way to get through the day is to try and do all the little things that need to be done, then spend time here in MyLot land. For the bigger tasks, then they go on the list of things to be done when my energy levels are higher and I am feeling more enthusiastic.

Just hope that your loins are girded today Moo!!!