Have you ever looked in a mirror and wondered, "how did I let it get this bad?" That's definitely how I feel right now. What happened to those days where I lived for the runner's high, the feeling of accomplishment...how did I let it get this bad. If the mirror wasn't incentive enough, add a camera, a scale and dumb boys breaking up with you for the skinny girl.
And I have a awesome friends (that's all of you, plus people too cool for blogger apparently) who try and encourage me (or guilt me in the case of one, ahem, you know who you are). It's the intrinsic motivation that is lacking. And I feel motivated but then I look in that mirror an just can't see nything beyond what I am. And back to the beginning of fear of failure. What's a girl to do? No, seriously, what do I do?
Guess I led myself astray...
(See what I did there. Use the title of my blog, lol)
I think everyone struggles with motivation at one point or another. It is only natural. In my experience, the key with fear of failure is to break up a goal into a bunch of mini-goals and celebrate when each one is reached. They can be really little in the beginning, it doesn't matter. It's also important realize that failure isn't always a bad thing. A lot can be learned from it and a lot can be gained from working towards a goal even if it is never met.
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