Keeping Motivated!
Posted on : 21-02-2009 | By : Lyndon | In : Motivation
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Great topic to post about when the last post was a lifetime ago!
But that is exactly my point… Why has it been so long since my last post? Because my motivation for blogging was non-existent. It came second place to everything else going on in my life. I can honestly say that everthing else was more important than this blog – it must have been otherwise I would have posted more often.
In my last blog post I stated that I was working on a series of posts. This was totally true and they are still partially completed and saved here as drafts to remind me of what I should have done!
Thinking about why this became a big blog FAIL for me, I realise that these “series of posts” was too big a milestone for a baby blog like this (and a newb blogger like me) – I was trying to be too formal in my approach to writing and this simply didn’t suit me – so I just buried my head in the sand and just wrote it off as another failed project. I also work full-time and have three wonderful children so making the time for blogging appeared difficult and the income from my day job removed some of the urgency from my goal of working from home for myself.
As I have said, these draft series of posts are still around and will remain in their draft status for for some time. The articles will be re-written and published, just not as part of a regimented series.
But back to the title of the post – Keeping Motivated! I’ve a new personal motivation for blogging, this isn’t to say that I wasn’t motivated before (initially anyway), but in laying down what I want and how, in small steps, I want to achieve this has helped me find new motivation for blogging and in turn, making money from working from home.
Just because you fail the first time, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try again – just take a good long hard look at why you failed the first time and work towards making sure that it doesn’t happen again!
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Without motivation people usually fail thats why picking what you passionate about is always best
Excellent post on keeping motivated! Writing blogs is fun and it’s a challenge…you have good days and bad days.
I like the old Japanese saying, “fall seven times, get up eight.”
I totally agree – don’t give up!
As a new blogger I often get discouraged by a low Google page rank, or not as much traffic as I would like to see. I think the key is to let go of unrealistic expectations and slowly build.
Nicely said Lyndon, We tend to start something with great motivation only to get side tracked or overwhelmed by everything else going on around us or in the new business itself. I myself started with great inspiration, but had to realign my thoughts after a few months of stumbling around, however it is a learning curve and I am sure we all get better everyday, as long as we do a little everyday. Deon Hoffmann
I totally agree sometimes it can be hard to not be motivated enough, when things are not going your way! But you have to realize, if you want to acheive your work at home dreams someday motivation is the primary driving factor. And keep working do as much as you can even if it’s just a few small things a day it all adds up in the end!
Nicely put. Motivation and having goals that are realistic and achievable will keep you on track. Working from home will often get distracted easily. You need a dedicated work space. You also need a dream board to remind you of your goals and this will fuel your motivation.