Does anybody else feel a lack of motivation?

[hoeffelt]

I feel a lack of motovation so often and it aggrevates me because i want to do things but i dont feel motivatrs so i dont do them. But on random rare occasions ill get sudden bursts of motivation and get so much done... anybody else have this issue and any clue how i can motivate myself?

 

[carbon12]

It happens to me sometimes, depending on the subject or action and especially my thoughts about it. If it involves a part that I don't agree completely with, then I really can't do it until it is fixed.
But yes, I do get bursts of energy, especially when I am creative and healthy. I suggest choosing a part, subject or action that you know you aren't going to leave easily, so that it gets to develop. And you should also get the tools or the things that help you in that action, for greater productivity or for making them happen more frequently.
Motivation is passion, and if you aren't doing what makes you fell well, then you won't get many bursts, if that is what causes them.

 

[hoeffelt]

It happens to me sometimes, depending on the subject or action and especially my thoughts about it. If it involves a part that I don't agree completely with, then I really can't do it until it is fixed.
But yes, I do get bursts of energy, especially when I am creative and healthy. I suggest choosing a part, subject or action that you know you aren't going to leave easily, so that it gets to develop. And you should also get the tools or the things that help you in that action, for greater productivity or for making them happen more frequently.
Motivation is passion, and if you aren't doing what makes you fell well, then you won't get many bursts, if that is what causes them.

Haha subject has been cleaning these last few days....

 

[flynn_gabriel]

I have bouts of serious lack of motivation. And it is a major problem in my case as I work for myself, by myself. So if im not working, no money coming in. My motivation comes from my wife, when shes had enough of me laying in bed. "Get your ass out of bed and get to work!" that's my motivation

 

[On the Inside]

Yes, depending on what it is I'm supposed to be doing. I can be highly motivated to do things I want to do or enjoy doing, but not always. That highly motivated state can also occur with things that I have to do but don't want to, if I am facing a deadline, or I have a big block of time to devote.

I am usually fine with daily tasks, part of my routine, but that can get disrupted if I am highly motivated (obsessive) about doing something.

This has not been an effective or healthy way to proceed for me, and has resulted in a great deal of anxiety, unfinished projects, lack of progress in life. Since I have been treating the anxiety I have been more consistent and less prone to get stuck in procrastination and indecision.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

Motivation is something I struggle with on a daily basis, I've yet to find a way to help myself other than giving myself a routine.

 

[Progster]

Yes, I often find it hard to motivate myself - a mixture of executive function difficulties, procrastination, depression, lack of energy, or sometimes I just can't be bothered! I think the best way to do it is write a list in order of most important to least, keep the list in a place where you can refer to it easily, and set yourself a certain number of tasks each time and a deadline for getting them done. I find it easier to get things done in the morning so that I can enjoy the afternoon knowing that I have no more tasks to do.

 

[On the Inside]

I've gotten better at making lists, but the fact that there is no end to the tasks, projects and chores in my life can make list making seem like a daily sentencing to hard labor. And I can't shake the feeling that once I put it on a list, those things have to be done that day or I fail. I don't know where my aversion to lists came from, probably just my general desire to be anywhere but where I'm at. I guess it is because there are only a few activities that make me feel free from the difficulties I've had, and years of making the lists, working on the tasks and projects hasn't gotten me any closer to a change in life.

This might be from my inability to see the big picture, or the progress I've actually made.

 

[ancusmitis]

I feel a lack of motovation so often and it aggrevates me because i want to do things but i dont feel motivatrs so i dont do them. But on random rare occasions ill get sudden bursts of motivation and get so much done... anybody else have this issue and any clue how i can motivate myself?

I am the same way. I wish I knew a good trick, but I don't think there is one. Lists can help, and so can breaking the job up into parts, but the hardest part of all is getting started. I just have to commit to doing it. The way I cleaned my room was to hijack my dad's shredder and feed all the papers into it that I wasn't going to keep, and threw away trash, found places on the shelves for books. I started in my bathroom, since that needed the least work.

That finished, I spent the next several days not doing a thing, because bleh. Then I got started on my bedroom, which has a long skinny part attached to a larger square part. The larger square part has a table in the center, which I use conceptually to divide it in half. I started on the skinny part, then kept rolling on the inertia to do the first half of the large square part. I had started on the other half of it when the cleaners came and it was time to get it vacuumed, so that bit got delayed. A week later, I finished the job, just before the vacuums arrived again.

It's a good thing I got it done, though, because I've been sneezing a lot less since then. I think I might be allergic to dust. Used to need a zyrtec every day, but now I'm skipping my dose more often than not.

Now I need to decide whether to do my closet next or my desk. Or maybe my cedar chest. This will take some time to decide.

 

[Manuheleku]

Ohhhhh yeah, definitely.

 

[On the Inside]

what has always surprised me is that I do suffer from lack of motivation, yet I'm always doing something, I rarely sit aroound, I'm just not doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

Which makes me wonder who's making that call, me or some outside entity?

 

[Butterfly88]

I do sometimes, I have depression so I think it's related to that. I've seem an improvement since I've started taking an anti-depressant.

 

[Jimbo]

Yes, I have always had the attitude of if something does not directly affect my immediate survival, why bother.

I am doing pretty good with my vision of living in a completely organized uncluttered home though. Like others here, I do get short bursts of motivation.

 

[NovaScotia Aspie]

I feel a lack of motovation so often and it aggrevates me because i want to do things but i dont feel motivatrs so i dont do them. But on random rare occasions ill get sudden bursts of motivation and get so much done... anybody else have this issue and any clue how i can motivate myself?

Are you talking about specific activities or motivation in general ? If I don't feel a high level of motivation to do something I usually conclude that the activity is not for me . I have a very narrow range of interests but am usually always highly motivated to pursue them .