How do you stay motivated? - Burnout General Thread

[Meat Poultry Veg]

Just start doing the thing you need to do right away.

E.g. when I was on my last weight loss season, I slept in my gym clothes to lessen the time I needed to prepare.

 

[Frazzle]

Greed mostly

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

Burning spite.

 

[Tomboy Respecter]

By listening to my favorite bands and realizing I'm gonna end up like Quorthon and Peter Steele one day: fucking dead from natural causes. That pretty makes me want to do the most with my day

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sK3wJAxGfs

t. Jordan Peterson

 

[guccigash]

t. Jordan Peterson

I did think exactly that tbh

is he still eating only beef? i couldn't motivate myself to do fuck all if all i got to eat was beef. you'd shit like a lion.

 

[YayLasagna]

I don't

 

[Absolute Brainlet]

Whenever you feel down, just remember:
No matter how bad your life is right now, at least you're not Anthony Burch.

 

[guccigash]

I visit the troon forum.

I'm honestly not even pissed at the trans extremists any more because there are too many troons writing entire articles about muffing or being beautiful female fucking ballet dancing in tutus with beers bellies and 5 o clock shadows or getting caught out talking about fingering menstruating kids on ferries.

Crack on troons you make my day so much more amusing. Oh especially Fat Tony. He's a fucking hoot and a half.

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

 

[PT 940]

Sometimes it's motivating just to know that today might be a bad day or I feel like crap and need to take some time to rest my body but that if I care for myself today I'll almost certainly feel better tomorrow.

Set a goal, no matter how easy, and achieve it for a boost. Don't feel like reading a 900-page book? Read a 5-page short story. Remarkably similar feeling. Don't want to write 20 pages? Write two sentences. At least you did something, and if you did something that's better than nothing at all!

I have a number of feel-good songs that help but it usually comes down to "Wig in a Box" by Hedwig and the Angry Inch or Liquid Chris's version of "So Need a Cute Girl."

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

 

[MadDamon]

Get something I love to eat on the way is what keep me going.
If you are dieting, make a batch of healthy alternatives of your favourite food on weekend and have one every morning.

 

[JosephStalin]

Just take things one day at a time. Tell yourself, "Just for today I'm going to keep my shit together, no matter what." Don't worry about tomorrow. If an entire day is too much to deal with, take it one hour at a time.

Instead of facing a monolith, you can choose to face a series of small obstacles that can be overcome.

When you get up in the morning, tell yourself "One day closer to better things, and better times."

Have found all these useful.

 

[C@astrophica]

My anxiety about not eating or having a roof over my head overrides my clinical depression, so that's a fairly powerful motivation.

 

[SweetDee]

Life is tough until the day you die. For everyone. Get out of bed and stop your bitching.

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

Life is tough until the day you die. For everyone. Get out of bed and stop your bitching.

entire song is pretty much this post.

 

[Pina Colada]

Self-discipline, listening to upbeat music, and praying the rosary.

 

[Lucifer's Rectum]

I don't.
Seriously though I picked up a weekly workout routine about a month back and honestly I've found that it's done wonders for my motivation.

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

Normally just by drinking a bit of vodka, smoking a cig, and then remembering that you're gonna die one day anyway.

Hello, twin brother of another mother!

 

[Guts Gets Some]

Optimism. If you can look forward to something, I find it helps immensely.