MONDAY MOTIVATION - Think of the alternative (Patreon)

Happy Monday! Let’s talk about and normalise the fact that we don’t always feel our best or have all the energy in the world and sometimes we do feel low and lack motivation! We can’t expect ourselves to run at 100 all the time but what we can do is help ourselves and think of the alternative scenario when things feel harder than usual to get through what we set out to do.

Don’t forget these chats are applicable to your daily lives as well as your skate practise, use them as you feel like you need throughout the week and I hope that something I say resonates with you in some small way!

I talk through all of the points in depth and make them relatable in the video so go ahead and watch/listen to it for it to sink in a little better but here is the process you can go through to help yourselves when you’re in a moment of not wanting to do something:

1. What’s the alternative? Think of the consequences

2. Acknowledge that you have a choice

3. Visualise what your day/practise/activity COULD look like

4. Choose your hard, now or later

5. Focus on what you will feel like AFTER you finish

6. Remind yourself why you want/need to do xyz

7. Flip the narrative and find the positive

8. Implement a reward system

9. Be proud of yourself

Ask yourself these questions:

- [ ] What are you hoping to achieve, will this next decision help you get there?

- [ ] What will be the consequence if you don’t do what you said you were going to do?

- [ ] How will you feel knowing that you could have done xyz?

- [ ] What is the root cause of why you are feeling the way you are feeling?

- [ ] Is there anything you can do to help make this situation better

I hope this helps!