M Is For… Motivation!
Is there such a thing as self-motivation? Perhaps, but a shared load is halved, right?
It’s tough enough to stay motivated on a good day; shelter-in-place is making it harder for most of us.
How do we motivate when our new normal is commuting 20 feet to the home office? Except for a few video conferences most of us are cut off from motivational confabs with the coworkers.
I know of one executive who is attempting to make a go of it in a more excellent way than just getting through another day. His wife also is working from home and they have small children who need to get schoolwork done. They motivate each other by keeping a routine: wake and sleep times have stayed the same as before with both spouses taking turns keeping the kids moving while the adults work through their day. Easy? Not really, but definitely stimulating.
I keep a routine as best I can (never have been good at it). My husband and I lavish motivational praise on each other for completing even the most mundane tasks. Keeps us going!
I also make it a point to share motivational texts with a few besties during the day: quick snappy messages that are joyful and encouraging. Keeping it short can still connect you without being disruptive of your work schedule. You can always have a longer, more relaxed chat after the workday is done.
So, who can you share a motivational moment with? What positive reinforcement can you gift someone?
You’ll feel less isolated and more productive by sharing motivational forces with your household loved ones and your remote partners-in-captivity.
Go on, enjoy sharing some positive motivation, have a delightfully productive day.
Bio:
Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles is a Career Counselor and Lifestyle Coach in the midwestern United States. See more about Jonni on sageprairie.net and her blog at sageprairiestudio.com . Write to Jonni at CoachJonni AT CoachJonni DOT com.