September 10th-11th, 2012: Motivate Yourself

I have begun a not so new idea again.  I want to feel like I'm accomplishing things and to get motivated about doing the small stuff along with the large stuff.

So I have brought back my weekly dry erase calendar board.  I'm going to list everything I want to accomplish that day and mark them off one by one. Seeing each item get marked off will help remind me I'm getting things done that need to be done.  I forget too often if I have even accomplished something all day long when in reality I might have done a bunch of small things instead of anything of great importance.

This calendar has only been in use for a day but I already feel it is helping me.  I am a realistic person when it comes to deciding how much to put into a day so I won't plan 10 big projects or only 3 little ones.  I have tried to even my days out between projects I know I need more time for and ones that I only need to take 10 to 15 minutes on.  Even a half hour is a small amount of time.

I think the reason I stopped doing this was because I was focusing my calendar more on being an actual calendar.

What am I doing today? Oh, working at this time and that's it.

Boring.

Now I have on my list fun things and important tasks; such as, making those pickles and doing dishes.  I'm even going so far as putting taking a shower on the list because it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing a goal instead of just an everyday menial task.

If you ever have issues feeling motivated I strongly suggest the list method.  It makes you feel good about what you get done and if you do it right you won't make yourself feel bad either.  Take the time to decide what you would actually have time for, and then do it! Simple as that.  Free award points to yourself!

After I get farther along with my list process I'm going to start adding rewards to if I finish ALL the goals for one day and start challenging myself to do more. However, right now I'm just taking it slow figuring out what my abilities are.  Plus, I'm going to be adding rehearsal soon and that will mess with my amount of free time during the day to get things done.

Motivate Yourselves people.  It feels good.

P.S. Also, not to bring anyone down but this post by Wil Wheaton makes feel really good about the world.  That there are people like him to look up to.  I really appreciate that man and would totally nerd out if I ever met him.  Heck I would probably nerd out if I met his wife too because following her on Twitter makes me have a place for her in my heart too.  They are some amazing people.