"MOTIVATION" or "How to make being lazy look busy" - I wanted to work from home and I bought into a health and nutrition business to do just that. Keeping in mind that I have worked in Corporate America for almost ten years and I have never worked strictly from home, I wondered if this would be a task I could accomplish. So far, I haven't found the 'motivation' to remain 'consistant' in my advertising and am suffering for it. Not enough apparently, as I have not yet been consistant. Last night I attribited my lack of motivation to working hard for eight and a half hours, driving for two more hours (to and from work) and not having the energy at the end of the day to go back out into the world and promote my new business.

"Go out in the morning then", you may say, and I have also given that a shot. I have a nine year old in the morning and I spend most mornings getting ready for my J-O-B and reminding the nine year old to continue getting ready too. I rise at 5:00 a.m., sometimes, to get a jump start on the day. The weeks in which I have accomplished this have left me drained on Saturday and Sunday, the days I reserve to do the household chores I haven't completed during the week. You may also say, 'Chores are not as important as the future of the family'..and I argue that laundry, dishes and cooking are the staples of the chores and these tasks need to be completed weekly. The bathroom every two weeks, vacuuming and dusting occasionally - oops, ramlbin' on. I am not a clean-aholic (well, I can focus on it for hours, but...), but I've noticed that when I experience anxiety over this business opp (or any other stressful situation), I tend to fill the time with less important tasks: like packing to move, arranging bills, going on-line to search for stuff.

If I felt I could quit my J-O-B and devote the time to the new business, that would cause stress to the family, as I carry all the medical insurance and retirement stuff. If the business takes off (if I get off my butt and stop making excuses) then these worries about money will cease...the fear may be that deep down I'm sure I'll fail and I am having a hard time over-writing that old programming. Or that I am going to be successful and I have not had much experience handling success.

Self-Motivation - Self Confidence - Self-Discipline

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