So, as a selfemployedperson, I havetofinditdifficulttomotivatemyselfenoughtodothingsthat I'm supposedtodoonorthepasttwoyearsorso.
Since I quitmyfulltimejob, I think I actuallystruggled a lotwiththat.
Butoverthattime, I tried a bunchofdifferentthingstotrytomakemyselfmoreproductiveon.
I foundseveralthingsthatworkforme.
So I wanttosharethemwithyoutoday s o hearmysevenstepsforgettingthingsdoneevenwhenyoudon't feellikeit.
Okay, soifyoudon't feelmotivatedtodosomething, thefirstthingyoushouldtryisyoushouldtrychangingyourenvironment s O.
Ifyoudon't feellikedoingsomeworkathome, maybetrygoinginto a cafe, a libraryormaybeyourschoolonforme.
Personally, I'vefoundthatyouknow, whenever I feelnotsomotivatedathome, a soonas I gotomyfavoritecafe, mymotivationpicksuponitjustbecomessomucheasiertogetstuffdown.
There s o I wouldsayTrytofind a placethatworksthebestforyou.
Andwhateveryoudothis, I don't thinkthemediamatterstoomuch.
Soitdoesn't mattertoomuchifyouusesomethinglikeeverynoteoranothertodouporjust a pieceofpaper.
Althoughpersonally, I likeusinggookeepjustbecause I thinkit's prettysimpletosetuponprettyeasytouseon, Uh, whateverthemedium, I findthatjustwritingdownyourtaskshelpsbecauseyouknowithelpsyoufocusmorebybasicallyhavingtokeepfewerthingsinyourhead.
Afterthat, ifyoustilldon't feelmotivatedtodosomething, I wouldjuststartwith a reallysmalltaskdiscreetly, somethingreallysimple, likereplyingtoyour e mailsorsomethingmorefun, maybe, likeplanningyournextvacation.
Whateveritmightbe, I findthatjustbycompletingthissmalltaskuh, you'regonnabeintherightmindsettostartgettingbiggertasksdone.
Uh, youknow, ofcourse.
Justbecarefulnottospendtoomuchtimeonthesesmall a significanttasksonafterthat.
Let's saythatyouhave a bigger, moreimportanttaskthatyouwanttoworkon.
I couldbeanything, butlet's sayit's justanexamplethatyouwanttoworkonwriting a bloggerarticle.
Thenifyoustilldon't feelmotivatedtodothat, I wouldaskyourself, Whydidyouwanttodothatinthefirstplace?
Andthen I wouldsortofdigintoyourmotivationbyaskingyourself, Why a bunchoftimes?
Sointhisparticularcase, youmightsay, Well, I wantedtowrite a blokeArcticOh, sothat I canmakesomesightingcomingthefuturethroughmyblock, youmightsay, I wannabeabletomakesomecitingcomesothat I cantroublemoreinthefuture.
Youmightsaytravelingisimportantformebecause I wanttobeabletoexperiencemorethingsinthefuture.
Soandthatwayyou'llbeabletoactuallyincreasetheamountoftimeyoufocusonthetasksortofgradually, Bytheway, I recommendusingthisappcalledForestforthisbecause I thinkit's a lotmorefunwayoftimingyourselfthanjustusing a simpletimer.