Ok, so I'm finding myself in some kind of a "motivational slump," if you will. I'm just finding it hard these days to get motivated to do... anything. I think it's really a combination of lack of motivation and major procrastination. It's an interesting situation, because... I WANT to get motivated... but I don't have the motivation for it... hah!

I think part of it comes from the "activation energy" required to do anything. Even if it's something I love. I love going to my TKD class and working out... but before I do that, I have to get everything together, pack it all up, get my ass onto a bus, etc. Not to mention the trip home... Bah, I'll go next time... get the idea? I've solved part of this problem by eliminating activation energy as much as possible (e.g. can't get motivated to go to the gym, so just bring the gym home... I have stairs and dumbbells, which is all you need for a great workout). But sometimes, that's not possible. Like at work. I love my job and everything, but it seems almost every task is a "bah I'll do it later" kind of thing, which isn't cool.

Anyway, bottom line is, I need to kick the procrastination and get motivated and get back on that horse. How do you do it? Unfortunately, the good old "Just do it" pep talk doesn't tend to work... It is truthfully said that good intentions just aren't enough. If I get a pep talk that gets me motivated and revved... that's temporary. How do I internalize it, so that unless I'm physically out of it, I am always motivated (or at least, most of the time)? Has anyone figured this out?

Maybe I need to find some kind of an external source of motivation. Even when I get 8 hours of sleep, it seems to take superhuman effort to just get out of bed (what, it's so warm, and it's slightly colder outside the covers, and my eyes are still glazed over). But you know what? If there's an important reason to get up, like the fact that I have to catch a flight, I do so with a certain sense of... urgency. I wish I could generate this internally.

Ok, that's enough rambling. Now YOU talk I'll go procrastinate on going to bed... I'd like to be in bed, you see, but that requires getting off my ass, brushing my teeth, changing, etc. Ack!