{"id":8100,"date":"2019-04-14T05:44:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T05:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2022-10-13T20:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T20:50:06","slug":"how-to-stay-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8101 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/iStock-972918608-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Staying motivated can be hard, especially for someone living a multitask life between school, sports, work, volunteering, or any other resume-builder. The truth is, life sort of requires you to live chaotically if you want to achieve your goals and dreams. It\u2019s understandable that there are days when all you really want to do is lay in bed with a family size bag of chips and binge watch something that isn\u2019t even good; everyone\u2019s been there. The problem starts when you can\u2019t pull yourself out of that comfortable spot and get everything you need done. When projects fall behind, so does your mental and physical health.<\/p>\n<h2>So, how does one stay motivated?<\/h2>\n<p>Write yourself inspirational messages on colorful sticky notes, and place them around the areas that you visit every day \u2014 your refrigerator in your kitchen, your bathroom mirror, on the wall above your bed, on doors, etc. The colors will draw your attention, and the notes themselves will give you the right boost for the right moments.<\/p>\n<h2>Meditation is also a good way to gather your thoughts after a lazy day, or even when you\u2019re just not feeling up to doing what needs done that day.<\/h2>\n<p>It might sound cheesy, but meditation will help you organize your mind and realize what emotions might be tying you to your bed. The mind is a wondrous thing, and taking a second to just get lost in it, alone in a quiet room, is one of the healthiest things you can do when you\u2019re not motivated to work or read or write.<\/p>\n<h2>Create a playlist that amps you up!<\/h2>\n<p>Are there songs that really speak to you, or get your blood flowing? Then those should be in that playlist. Don\u2019t pick songs that are too emotional or slow \u2014 you need your brain to tell you to get up and go. Music has a crazy way of effecting people, so give it a try! You might be surprised.<\/p>\n<h2>Be open about how you\u2019re feeling with one or two people.<\/h2>\n<p>Lack of motivation is often times associated with other feelings, like not wanting to write a paper because, deep down, you have no confidence in your chosen topic, or not wanting to clean your room because you know you\u2019re going to find things in there that will make you nostalgic \u2014 stuff like that. Getting deep into the root of the no motivation crisis will help change a lot of attitudes towards certain tasks; it\u2019s usually not just \u201cbeing lazy\u201d, but rather feeling some type of way about something related to the task that keeps you from being your best, motivated you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staying motivated can be hard, especially for someone living a multitask life between school, sports, work, volunteering, or any other resume-builder. The truth is, life sort of requires you to live chaotically if you want to achieve your goals and dreams. It\u2019s understandable that there are days when all you really want to do is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-motivated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Stay Motivated&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-8100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coder-blog","tag-tips-tricks","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12011,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions\/12011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}