How To: Self-Motivation And Decision-Making

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"Adorn yourself, not with silver nor gold, but with strength and dignity." - Unknown

Am I the only one who talks to herself? No? Great!
I have found myself to be a strong source of motivation to myself. When I'm going through stuff that I can not properly explain to someone, I assess things myself and talk some sense into myself. Sometime, I'll be like "You can do this Rae, stop whining." Then I'll turn around and catch my mum looking at me like "Are you okay?" Hahahaha...the struggle.

Self-motivation is simply the way we(individually) motivate ourselves without any help from some other person. Although the upside of motivating yourself is that you have some level of privacy as you alone know what you are going through, and you can get that 'refill' of motivation whenever you are running low on it, the downside is that you have to be strong, determined, and sure that you can do it by, and for, yourself.

You have to be strong because it gets lonely handling everything on your own: going through life, living through all those emotions, and having to be objective when it comes to making some tough decisions. You have to be strong enough to be truthful to yourself on every level and concerning every matter or else, you will only end up getting yourself more worried than you were in the beginning.

You have to be determined to the extent of being ready to do it despite the negative thoughts that might creep into your head sometimes. You are the one going through everything so you will have all these emotions flowing inside. Make up your mind that you will do what will be best for you in the long run. If you don't, you will end up making decisions that work in the short run, but will make things difficult for you in the long run.

Having decided on all that, you have to find what works for you. Mine ranges from sorting through my emotions over a cup(or 2) of ice cream to preparing myself to make big decisions by doing chores around the house(doing chores calms me.) You have to find what calms you because you need a clear head to help you motivate yourself and make the best decisions.

Here are things you can try to prepare yourself to motivate yourself and make decisions:
• Take a walk, long or short, to clear your head.
• Go for an exercise.
• Write motivational quotes and hang them around your house.
• Try something new, you will be inspired to make that tough decision after.
• Sleep.(One of my favorites.) You will have a clear head once you wake up.

I hope this post is as helpful as I wanted it to be. If you have any more tips to add or you have problems motivating yourself, do use the comments section below or the 'Quick Message' section on the right👉🏾(if you are viewing this on the web version.)
Have a great weekend!
With love...


- The Lady

P/s: Thanks to those who have been sending in questions and suggestions. You have all been very helpful.

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”

2 Corinthians 9:15