Taking ACTION when you don't feel like it
To make change in ones life, actually ACTING on what one desires is such an important concept. In my experience, it’s true that it does take courage, resilience, hope, and optimism.
I’ve recently found that I shouldn’t wait for my feelings to change before taking action, but rather that by taking the action that my feelings end up changing positively.
I was recently unmotivated to work out. I set a goal that first thing in the morning I was going to do a short 15 to 20 min hitt workout 4 days a week, while listening to fun music. Now that I’ve been doing it for a few weeks, it’s turned into a habit and I’m actually feeling really good about it.
Have you ever taken ACTION on something, despite not feeling totally ready/motivated? How did it work out for you?
@Frankie111
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To make change in one’s life, actually ACTING on what one desires is such an important concept. In my experience, it’s true that it does take courage, resilience, hope, and optimism.
I’ve recently found that I shouldn’t wait for my feelings to change before taking action, but rather that by taking the action that my feelings end up changing positively. This realisation was a revelation to me.
I was recently unmotivated to work out. I set a goal that first thing in the morning I was going to do 15-20 min hitt workout 4 days a week, while listening to fun music. Now that I’ve been doing it for a few weeks, it’s turned into a habit and I’m feeling really great about it.
Through the process of doing my short workouts 4 days a week I also realised that it doesn’t need to be massive action that one take to derive a benefit. Instead of being extreme, it just needs to be consistent action. Consistent action leads to progress and progress leads to results.
Have you ever taken ACTION on something, despite not feeling totally ready or motivated to do so? How did it end up working out for you?
@Frankie111 Hey, I appreciate your post and thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I agree with you, acting on one’s desires is essential to make a change in one’s life. I’m elated to know that although you were unmotivated to work out you still pushed forward, eventually feeling really great about it and even turning it into a habit. That’s amazing that you were able to do this through consistent action.
Indeed, I have taken action on something despite feeling low motivation at the time. When the feelings of low motivation occurred and I realized, I took a step back to examine the root cause. I discovered that I was having these feelings due to burnout, given the excessive work I had to do at the time. I took action on decreasing my feelings on low motivation by working on managing both important tasks and the time. I took to a chart to document everything needed to do and the time needed. I took action on each one of these tasks, ensuring that my time was managed and there was also room for self-care.
Quite quickly through taking action, I found that my levels of motivation were back up and I was able to function more productively.
@GentleHealingInitiative
Sorry to hear of the burn out, but glad to hear that you took action to deal with it. That's actually really commendable and interesting how you took action in that situation. It's interesting because you actually had to cut down on things, which is sometimes the opposite of what we think of when we think of ACTION. It's a good lesson about how doing less can result in more sometimes.
@Frankie111
I totally agree that taking action can spark positive change even when we don’t feel ready. I love how you set a specific goal for your workouts, that’s a smart approach! I’ve had a similar experience with journaling. I started even when I didn’t feel inspired and now it’s something I really look forward to.
@Frankie111 hey Frankie! Such a wonderful and realistic post. You're right often acting despite not feeling like it is important.
I've had to push through and do things when I didn't feel like it - majority of my life. And I felt like I can only keep going this way for so long. It feels like burnout is incoming xD So I really thought about the whole situation I'm in - realized I'm doing things that I don't even value, but what the society values. When I do things and feel energized by doing it - it means I'm being authentic and doing something that is in alignment with my values. I encourage everyone to spend more time on figuring out who they are and what they wanna do. Life doesn't have to be so hard, and doing things would actually be very pleasant!
@Frankie111
Hi Frankie. It is so impressive that you formed a habit of work out even when you lack motivation.
I am not doing so well on working out, but my family hopes that we can walk around together for a while everyday. This also become a habit for me now. I agree that actions are important. I hope I can be more perseverant and try more work out soon.
@Frankie111 Very insightful post! In the past, I had been very unmotivated to clean my kitchen (basic, I know, haha!), but I really pushed myself to clean every night even if I didn't feel like it. I found doing my nightly cleaning hard, but when I woke up the next day to my clean kitchen, my morning went much smoother! Now that I have done this for a while, it is a habit and more of an afterthought.
@Frankie111
can relate to that , After years of neglecting, making excuses and procrastinating, one fine day i forced myself to take action and hit the gym and it has been more than a year now and i feel proud of that decision and it has helped me regain some confidence and will power