Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Keep Going

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Churchill, Keep Doing, Keep going, Keep Moving, Keep Writing, Monday, motivation, Persistence

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

There’ll be times that anything you do will be painful. You just won’t have the drive to do anything. Even the things you love will be painful. I don’t know if you’d call this depression or another psychological concept, but this happens to everyone from time-to-time.

What do you do? Keep going.

These changes in mood are part of the human condition. Keep going. You’re writing a book—keep writing. You’re trying to lose weight—keep moving. Whatever you are doing—keep going.

The mood you’re in will leave as quickly as it arrived. Keep going.

Have a great Monday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

 

 

 

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of April 6, 2020.

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Daily activities, Mental, Monday, motivation, Physical, rituals, Social, Spiritual

Here we go, folks! Start your engines!!

Weekly schedule:

Physical (Exercise daily)

Mental (Coursework daily, Book writing daily, Read a chapter a day)

Social (Post to this blog daily, share quotes and articles daily, and stay in touch with friends and family via social media or phone)

Spiritual (Religious Discourse work daily, Spiritual Exercise daily, and read my Bible daily)

Relaxation (Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, Curiosity Stream, and Xbox Games)

Have a great week, everybody!!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Compensating

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Attacking the Week, Compensating, Do What you Can, Making Adjustments, Monday, motivation, sticking with the plan, Tracking Results

One of the hardest time to be motivated is when I’m sick. Last week, I did most of the things I set out to, but put a lot of it on hold to recover. So, here we are! I’m finally over this cold. I still have remnants of sickness, still blowing the nose and the like, but the difficult part is over. I attribute this to knowing what to do to take care of myself.

The first thing I did was turn off exercise. There’s no sense in it. You go to some popular websites and they talk about driving through, or continuing to exercise, but honestly, it just doesn’t make any sense to me. When you get sick, your whole body is in a war with the virus or bacteria that broke through. I believe the best way to fight this is to go to a doctor (if needed), get the necessary drugs or OTC medicine, get plenty of rest, drink a lot of water, and stick with the regimen of less is better when you’re sick. For me, this works. For others, going to the gym and continuing with their exercise regimen works for them. Enough said.

This week, we’re back on track. Here’s my schedule:

• Reading daily
• Working on my Fiction Book daily
• Exercise (but taking it easy) daily
• Learning daily (currently taking an MS Publisher course)
• Coding daily (Python is the language I’m learning)
• Meditating daily
• Blogging daily
• Posting quotes and articles to Social Media daily

This is it for the week, folks. I hope everyone is having a great week so far. Happy Monday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Reading Motivation Articles

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Flipboard, Google News, Life Hacks, Monday, motivation, Motivation Articles, Pocket

Happy Monday! I wanted to write briefly about articles you can read about motivation that could help you find a new way of doing things. If you’re like me, you don’t like being an automaton. You like shaking things up from time-to-time. If this describes you, high-five! You and I are in alignment.

What are some good sources for articles on motivation? I use two. The first is FlipBoard. It is an app you can download to your phone, and it is a website. It is free. You simply create an account, select some preferences, and you’re off to the races. The second is Pocket. Pocket is free, and it collects articles from all around the web. It doesn’t categorize like FlipBoard, but it does allow you to save articles you enjoy, so you can return to them later. Both FlipBoard and Pocket also allow you to share great articles with your social networks.

Here’s an article I found that provided some great ideas for improving your productivity for the week. It is titled: 5 Tips for a More Productive Work Week. It took me less than a minute to find. Here are the main tenets of the article.

1.  Make a Morning Routine That Guides You
2.  Save Up Your Busywork
3.  Lean on a Tomato for Motivation
4.  Take Meetings During Your Slump Time
5.  Throw Out Any Productivity Tip That Doesn’t Work for You

I do most of the things suggested by this article already. You may not do these things already and may be interested in adapting some things to your schedule. This is why I read about motivation, productivity, and efficiency articles each week. It is because I never know when the next great idea will be shared by someone that I can introduce into my unique workflow.

I am always looking for the next hack or improvement I can add to my daily workflow. Try Flipboard or Pocket. You won’t be disappointed. Here are the links for both of these services:

https://flipboard.com/

https://app.getpocket.com/

I have used both of these article sources for years. I highly recommend them. Sometimes I get lucky and find a great article in the news. I use Google News. You may like your local paper or Apple News or some other news service. Whichever one you use, scan through it and see if there is anything interesting to you. You never know!

Here is my schedule for the week:

Monday – Sunday

• Blog Post Daily
• Write Section of my Book Daily
• Exercise Daily
• Spiritual Exercise/Meditation Daily
• Read a Chapter of a book Daily
• Study with my Wife for Her Teaching Credential Daily
• Coding Course Daily
• NLP Course Daily
• Writing Course Daily
• Watch Netflix, Amazon Video, or Vudu (entertainment) Daily
• Play an Xbox, iPhone, or PC game (entertainment) Daily

I wish all of you a terrific Monday!

The article I read is below. Click on the link if you are interested in reading it.

Until next time…

Dave

Reference

Duffy, J. (2019). 5 tips for a more productive work week. Retrieved from: https://www.pcmag.com/article/370875/5-tips-for-a-more-productive-work-week