Motivation is a MUST

Today I want to talk about motivation! I once heard that motivation is like food, you need it everyday to nourish your body. I believe this 100% because I find myself ready to take on the world one second and completely lost and uninterested the next. One trick I use to help keep me motivated and inspired is to have a quote on my phone screen, so when I unlock my phone it is the first thing I see. Right now I have the words "Have courage and be kind". For everyone who saw the new Cinderella, this was a huge theme throughout the movie!

There was a time in high school my sophomore year where I just hated going to school. I was taking really hard classes, I had extra curricular activities to do, and I felt like I was digging myself deeper into a hole of stress. I was making myself miserable by consciously hating everyday. My attitude was all wrong, and nothing in the near future was going to take the unhappiness away. Somehow I got through it, and was able to breathe again. It was mostly due to a change in my outlook and motivation. I went from telling myself that I hated going to school to reminding myself of the benefits school would have for me down the road.

I decided to write my new outlook down in my notes on my iPhone Junior year so that I wouldn't have a miserable repeat of my sophomore year. I used this note as motivation and to pick myself up after I slipped a little. And the funny thing is that I still have that note on my phone, and I am able to look at all of the things I have accomplished since then. I can actually see the improvement and how far I have come. Here is what the note said:

NEW OUTLOOK ON SCHOOL (July 2013)
 I need to go to school...
1. because I will use what I learn in the future
2. because one day I will miss high school (and I really do)
3. because learning is a privilege so many others do not get
           
         This one affected me the most one day my senior year. I woke up one day just not wanting to go to school. I didn't see a point in it that day, and I was about to skip. BUT then I remembered the millions of girls on other countries that do not get an education or have to drop out at an early age. Those girls got me out of bed that day because I felt awful for wasting a day that they would kill to have. Motivation is funny like that. It comes in all kinds of ways.

4. Because I want to make something of myself
5. Because I want to be a role model and show how strong and intelligent women are
6. because just think of all of the people I can help one day

To end this post, I challenge everyone to write down some reasons as to why you do what you do and why you should do it. If you are having a rough time, just think about the impact you will have on others and yourself when you push through and keep going! Here's some motivation to get through the rest of the week…I hope you choose joy!