Staying consistent is the key to winning it big in life but truth be told, it is the harder thing to do. It’s easier to get the task started but harder to be consistent at the task.
I know for a fact that taking the first step or starting a task is always not easy but once you have handled procrastination you have handled that. Procrastination or the “I will do it tomorrow” syndrome is one of the primary reasons why taking that bold step and starting a task is always very difficult. But as for staying consistent once you have tackled procrastination to get the task started, you will also handle procrastination coupled with other things which may appear as a stumbling block.
What keeps you going after that “initial gra gra” or the early enthusiasm or motivation has faded is the discipline to stay consistent. To stay disciplined and charge yourself that even if you are motivated or not you will have to show up and do it because you have undertaken to do it.
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For instance, going to work every day for some people can be tiring, People go to work without motivations, what keeps them going is that they know if they do not go to work they won’t get paid and they will go broke, so the money they are anticipating at the end of the month is the motivation that help keep them consistent with showing up at the job.
That is not the discipline I’m talking about, once there is a motivation behind the consistency then it will easily fade out once that motivation is taken away. Discipline is showing up if there is a motivation or not.
Well, it is absolutely normal to not always feel motivated or have the enthusiasm to engage in the task, that is where the discipline to stay consistent comes in. It is also very normal to lose the motivation to keep engaging in the task once you have kick-started it, this is where the discipline is to force yourself to keep at it even if you are not motivated or feel like doing it or not.
What is that task you have undertaken to be doing but you are dwindling on it, what is that task that you know for sure that if you keep doing, it will change your life positively but you are currently struggling at it due to the lack of the motivation; is it that weight loss journey, is it taking another degree, is it learning a skill, is it your spiritual growth etc (you can insert anything there), I want to let you know that it is absolutely normal to have lost the motivation but you can discipline yourself to stay at it, keep doing it until you achieve the desired result and you will be happy with yourself when that is done.
As a bonus, here are three simple but effective ways you can keep yourself consistent at whatever you have chosen to be doing;
- Try setting specific and not vague or ambitious goals
- create a routine, and
- find accountability partner(s).