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Read This on a Day You Feel Zero Motivation

Read This on a Day You Feel Zero Motivation

Subtitle: Especially if you are tired of trying

Read This on a Day You Feel Zero Motivation

Especially if you are tired of trying

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Not everyone feels motivated all the time.
Sometimes motivation is there. Sometimes it is not.
And that is completely normal.

Even people who are very successful in life feel the same.
On days when motivation is high, we work well.
We work for long hours.
We stay focused without feeling much struggle or effort.

But on days when motivation is low, no matter how hard we try,
no matter how much effort we put in, things just do not work.

So what should we do on such days?

When motivation is high, work well.
When motivation is low, do not go searching for motivation.

If you watch Instagram reels or motivation videos,
you may feel good for some time.
Your dopamine increases, so it feels nice.
But nothing really changes.

Even if real motivation comes, it does not stay for long.
It stays for a short time and then fades.

So on days when motivation is there, work well as much as you can.
On days when motivation is not there, work less.
But still, work. The work must be done.

Everyone works when they feel motivated.
But the person who works even without motivation is the one who becomes successful.

Here, how fast you are going is not important.
What matters is that you are moving on the right path.

If you feel tired while walking on that path, stop for a while.
Walk slowly.
Even if you stumble, keep going.
But you must keep going.

Because one day, you will reach that position.

If you depend only on motivation, you will never reach there.

Many people say that if you clearly know why your goal is important,
you will stay motivated and never get distracted.
That is not fully true.

You may have a strong reason for why you are doing something.
But there will always be a big army of distractions trying to stop you.

No matter how strong your reason is,
one day you can lose to that army.
On that day, you may not have any motivation at all.

But if what you are doing is important to you,
you must do it anyway.

You will feel bored.
And that is part of the process.
It will happen like that, and you cannot change it.

While doing the work, boredom will come.
And inside that boredom, good ideas are born.
When you feel bored, it means your brain is actually working deeper.

Do not run away from boredom.
When boredom comes, relax.
Do not jump to other activities just because you feel bored.
Stay still for some time.

Then come back to your work.
 Come back fresh.

This is a process.
You and I cannot bypass it.

So next time, when you feel no motivation
and boredom hits you,
remember this.

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