What's my motivation?
So I started this blog as a way of getting myself motivated to read more, think more, write more but that was approximately 3 months ago and this is only my second post, EVER. Yes, I fit into the over-stimulated Generation Y stereotype. I watch too much television and look to other people for direction. There isn't any motivation lurking inside me.
I don't admit this to anyone but I purposely work 7 days a week between two jobs in order to keep myself busy and to always have a built-in excuse, "I'm too busy." When my house gets dirty "I'm too busy" to clean it up. When the garbage needs to be taken out or the driveway needs to be shoveled "I'm too busy" to do it. Does this make any sense? Not really. I'm probably causing myself an undo amount of stress by always being in a work environment.
That is why today, my first day off in several weeks, I sat down and really tried to think about the state of my life and exactly what direction I'm heading in. I'm not really making a lot of extra money by working all the time, and I'm not keeping up with important relationships like my husband, my family, my friends. So what am I doing? Then it hit me, I'm keeping myself busy to avoid making any long-term decisions. I've made it so that my mind is fixed in the present with all the work I am forced to do outside my home and outside my personal life and I'm not really coming to terms with what I really want for myself.
I guess that's why everyone needs a day off. Everyone needs time to relax and reassess their life and their priorities. Mine have gotten really off track and it's going to be time consuming to come up with a new game plan but if I don't, I'm afraid I might be looking back 5 years from now with nothing to show for myself except a lot of wasted time.
I don't admit this to anyone but I purposely work 7 days a week between two jobs in order to keep myself busy and to always have a built-in excuse, "I'm too busy." When my house gets dirty "I'm too busy" to clean it up. When the garbage needs to be taken out or the driveway needs to be shoveled "I'm too busy" to do it. Does this make any sense? Not really. I'm probably causing myself an undo amount of stress by always being in a work environment.
That is why today, my first day off in several weeks, I sat down and really tried to think about the state of my life and exactly what direction I'm heading in. I'm not really making a lot of extra money by working all the time, and I'm not keeping up with important relationships like my husband, my family, my friends. So what am I doing? Then it hit me, I'm keeping myself busy to avoid making any long-term decisions. I've made it so that my mind is fixed in the present with all the work I am forced to do outside my home and outside my personal life and I'm not really coming to terms with what I really want for myself.
I guess that's why everyone needs a day off. Everyone needs time to relax and reassess their life and their priorities. Mine have gotten really off track and it's going to be time consuming to come up with a new game plan but if I don't, I'm afraid I might be looking back 5 years from now with nothing to show for myself except a lot of wasted time.
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