How to Motivate Yourself

How to Motivate Yourself: 10 Tips for Self-Improvement

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Tell us 3 facts about you

1. What's your name?

2. What's your hobby?

3. How do you motivate yourself?

1. Put your goal on the calendar.

One way to give a boost to your internal motivation is to create some external motivation: a target date.

2. Make working toward your goal a habit

When you make working toward your goal a habit you no longer have to rely so much on feeling motivated. How do you turn a behavior into a habit?

3. Start small.

Five minutes of study or putting on your workout clothes

Getting started is often the hardest part on low-motivation days

Not every day will go exactly as planned, and that’s okay. Life happens.

4. Plan for imperfection.

5. Set small goals.

“If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed"

6. Track your progress.

This could be as simple as a to-do list or calendar where you can cross off tasks or days as you complete them.

7. Do some mood lifting.

8. Change your environment.

This doesn’t mean that you have to be positive all the time—that’s not realistic.

If you usually study at home, have a session at your local library.

9. Reward yourself for the little wins as well as the big ones.

Enjoy your favorite snack Read a chapter of your favorite book Spend a few minutes meditating Have a long bath or shower Call a friend or family member ...

It feels good to be rewarded for our work.

10. Practice gratitude (including for yourself).

Spend the first five minutes after you wake up going through all the things you feel grateful for.

Don’t forget that you are the best!