How do you all manage the low motivation?
Share your tricks to getting something done when you feel paralyzed to do anything.
@HearForYouAnna
I am not sure of the context that you are referring. For me, I am very receptive to the effects of caffeine.
Ya I'm meaning not motivated to do physical things, such as dishes, make food, clean up, shower... Like no energy or can't get myself to do it... So glad coffee works for you!!!! I can't do much coffee due to tachycardia unfortunately...
Ya I'm meaning not motivated to do physical things, such as dishes, make food, clean up, shower... Like no energy or can't get myself to do it... So glad coffee works for you!!!! I can't do much coffee due to tachycardia unfortunately...
Use the Dare app th
K thanks, I'll look into it. Been using the Finch app, but still hard to do the bigger things.
@FieldsideAnna
If your Tachycardia permits, a cold to cool shower can be stimulating.
When I feel completely stuck, I try to make the first step almost ridiculously small. Instead of telling myself I need to finish something, I focus on doing just two minutes of it. Sometimes that's simply opening a document or putting one thing away.
I've also learned that I don't always have to feel motivated before taking action. Sometimes motivation follows action.
And if even that feels overwhelming, I try to understand what's making the task so difficult rather than criticising myself for not doing it.
For me, the goal isn't to force productivity, but to make starting feel a little more manageable.
When I feel completely stuck, I try to make the first step almost ridiculously small. Instead of telling myself I need to finish something, I focus on doing just two minutes of it. Sometimes that's simply opening a document or putting one thing away.
I've also learned that I don't always have to feel motivated before taking action. Sometimes motivation follows action.
And if even that feels overwhelming, I try to understand what's making the task so difficult rather than criticising myself for not doing it.
For me, the goal isn't to force productivity, but to make starting feel a little more manageable.