Ultimate Motivational Tips and Tricks

It has reached that time of the year again, the time where we all start to burn out and every sort of motivation goes completely out the window.  Well at least that is how it usually goes for me, however, this year I have decided to do the complete opposite and try extremely hard to get my life together. My new techniques for feeling motivated have been working very well for me, so I thought it would be helpful if I shared them with you in a blogpost.

Making an Inspiration Board

This is my favourite thing to do if I am feeling a little unmotivated or uninspired as not only is it nice to have a visual representation of your goals, it also helps to get creativity and motivation flowing. I like to fill my inspiration board full of pictures from my favourite bloggers and makeup artists, my monthly goals and a monthly calendar to keep track of important dates.

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational quotes are something I live my life by, I’m sure there is a quote for almost every situation. It is important to find a quote that is most relatable to you and remind yourself of it every day, whether it be sticking it on your wall or just repeating it to yourself over and over. A few of my favourites are;

-       “Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better” – Samuel Beckett.

-       “Always Bring Your Own Sunshine” – Unknown

-       "Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you

never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in

warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly

and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out

on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big

juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring

off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen."  - Anne Lamott

Creating Goals

Having a goal to work towards is always a great way to keep your motivation levels to a high standard, whether it be a career goal or a personal goal. Personally, I like to create short term and long term goals to achieve as it means you have something to be working towards every single day. For example, a two-year career goal I am working towards is being an assistant makeup trainer and a short term much more easily achievable goal that I keep every week is to upload a blogpost every Tuesday and Friday.

Making a Mini Time-lapse

I realise this one sounds a little weird, but setting up a mini time-lapse of yourself working towards your goals or finishing your work can be extremely satisfying. Before I start writing a blogpost or tidying up the house I will quickly set up my phone on time-lapse and get going! It also helps in keeping you on track and not procrastinate as you become very aware that there is a camera on.

Stalking Studyblrs

If you have never delved into the Studyblr community on Tumblr, you are missing out. It is full of Pinterest worthy stationery, organised journals and inspirational quotes. If I ever feel like I can’t do something I will quickly jump on and have a little stalk (let’s be honest it’s more than a little stalk). My favourite studyblrs to motivate myself with are; elkstudies, theorganisedstudent and medstudie.

Thank you so much for reading my ultimate tips for keeping yourself motivated, I hope it helped you in some way! Let me know in the comments your tips and trick on keeping motivated. I hope you have a lovely day/night. Bye for now xx

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