Motivation

"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."

Song of the moment: Islands- Disarming the car bomb

So yesterday was a really tough workout. we did 75 burpees for time. While this may not seem like a huge deal as a burpee doesn't require the same skill that an o lift requires or even a pull up, i would say that this workout is mentally taxing. It takes a lot of motivation to get through a workout like this because the only thing standing in between you and the end of the workout are 75 burpees. Its daunting and monotonous all at the same time, and to be honest burpees are not the most glamorous movement. However this is the strength of this particular workout. It requires motivation from the very beginning, you have to force yourself to not stop and to keep moving through the next burpee and so on just to finish. While the benefits may not be clear while doing it this workout is all about the attitude and motivation to keep going, nothing more and nothing less. It is not enough of a workout where your entire body will die 20 reps in and its large enough to where you will grow exhausted by the end but its the in between, that drive that keeps you going that pushes you to the finish line.

So I got to thinking what are the areas of life where motivation and a positive attitude push me to the end. Like most things school, work, diet etc.. can be monotonous and tough mentally. However, attitude is 90% of our motivation to move forward without some sort of positive outlook it is very hard to continue to move to take another step and to keep moving forward. Instead I stagnate and choose to ignore or put off things that i know i should have the motivation to do. I'm to tired, hungry, sore, its not the right time, ill do it tomorrow these excuses display just how mentally weak we may be as an individual. When it comes down to it there is never a "right time" to be motivated to do something we don't want to do. We just need to take the plunge and take each step toward our goals or we will never make it. It may seem painful at first but once you wrap your head around the task at hand it becomes easier because you are becoming stronger.

The choice is yours are you willing to put off for tomorrow what you should do today? or can you suck it up and become a stronger person no matter how daunting or boring the task may be?