Motivation! Arggh. The word alone brings up a sigh of exhaustion for me and for so many other women who have learned to associate motivation with pushing hard, moving out of our comfort zone and some form of pain or another. One of the gals in my forum asked me to come up with something that would help boost her motivation to be more active. Lately this has been something that I’ve been wanting for myself so I decided to be my own guinea pig. This really worked for me. Tomorrow I’ll tell you the story of how I discovered this method to self motivate.
If you’re a gal who likes to engage in a bit of competition with yourself. Here’s a fun motivation boosting game that I created by accident a few weeks ago. I used walking as an example but you can apply this to any activity. I encourage you to give it a try. If you like to measure your progress, you can get a pedometer at any Sporting Goods store and wear it so so that you can count how many steps you take either on your walk or throughout the day. I love to walk while listening to either music or learning CDs. You’ll know what’s best for you.
Maxi Motivation Booster
1. Decide on a minimal distance of walking that you want to do. ie, 2 blocks
2. Stop just short of your chosen goal
3. Now turn back, without looking back and return to your starting place
4. No more walking for you today
The next time you want to go walking, decide again on a minimum distance you want to cover and then repeat the same steps as above.
Let me know what happens. How does this makes you feel? Please share a comment and tell me how this has affected your level of motivation. I’m looking forward to reading your stories.