Motivate Me!

I just can’t get motivated at the moment and it’s really getting me down.

I feel as though I’m in Groundhog Day, where every day is the same.  The ironing isn’t going down, the house is not looking any less a tip, I can’t stop falling asleep with the children at bed time and then wasting the evening and I am no further forward with my action plan.

My heart is desperate to achieve, but my mind and body are slowing the process down.  I don’t need anyone to tell me what to do, because I know what needs doing.  It’s not as though any of the tasks are hard (not within the house anyway). 

Even with the website, although it is a new concept for me and I have never organised anything like this before (in terms of information gathering) I know it is not beyond me. 

I have always had positive thoughts with tasks, even filing.  I may not like doing them but when you break the task down and look at what is stopping you, there is usually a way round it.

I’ve been watching my husband lately and I think I am probably mirroring him at the moment.  After attending the marketing course last weekend, he has signed up to a mentoring programme which in very simple terms (and trust me there is heaps more to it than this) he will have the opportunity to discuss and have help with product launches.

The main bonus of the programme from my perspective is that he will have someone other than me chasing his tail.  If I chase him up on action points I am nagging.  If the people on this mentoring programme chase him up, it is motivating!

And maybe that’s what I’m missing at the moment.  My husband is a useful sounding board but he has his thoughts elsewhere at the moment (primarily on bringing much needed money into the house), but, he has promised to give time to me next week.

I have to grab this opportunity with both hands as I know that when he starts to launch his first product he will be spending ‘a lot’ of time on it.

I’m usually good at working to deadlines, even our accountant knows that.  But without someone questioning you and your deadlines it can be hard.  I can ask myself why I failed to meet a deadline, but I know the answer.  It’s probably ‘I fell asleep’.

If you were to ask me how I see myself I would say ‘determined’, ’stubborn’, ’self-motivated’.  If I put my mind to something I will normally achieve it.  Right now though, I have this little barrier walking round in front of me and as I reach out to do something, the barrier descends.

I now need to work out how to smash the barrier to enable me to become more effective.  You’d think that someone who has run a  ‘time managment’ course should be able to come up with some ideas.

As I said before I know what to do, I need someone to motivate me.

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