I have a grand friend (shout out Becca Lucado!) who told me about emotional insurance.
Emotional Insurance, you say? Why, yes dear child, you must insure your emotions.
Lets agree that we lack motivation in things that are unpleasant. We have to give ourselves a bit of sweet with the bitter sometimes. Mary Poppins suggests taking a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down.
The idea of emotional insurance is to set goals for yourself and then have a reward waiting for you on the other side. Don't trick yourself to keep going beyond your set limits, you'll never trust yourself then and motivation will be even harder. Pat yourself on the back for meeting your goal and allow yourself the indulgence of positive reinforcement.
The next time you have to call your grandmother and explain why you are still single and not as successful as your siblings tell her you only have 30 minutes. Cut her off in the middle of her rant on the grocer's produce section after half an hour, tell her you have to go and then go take a bubble bath while The Used blares from your computer speakers.
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