I'm a complete mess. I've been a mess my entire life, but it's gotten a lot worse since I've been back from my trip to California. I can't focus, I don't have any desire to clean my room, or wash dishes, or do laundry. I don't even have a desire to take a shower or get cleaned up. I keep trying to motivate myself to do it, but as soon as I take one look at the obstacles, I automatically say fuck it...I know the state of my room and the state of my vehicle aren't helping the situation out any because it totally represents the mess I feel in my head. So this is why I think I need to get balance in my life and get centered. I've never had a chance to really do that, but I feel like it's time. I've been thinking about doing yoga...does anyone else have any other suggestions to get me back on track?
Yoga has made such a big difference in my life, I think I would have completely lost it if it hadn't been for yoga. Excercise in general seems to help me find balance in my life and it also makes me feel a lot happier and feel better about myself. And change also... when I'm feeling really unmotivated and miserable and blaaahhh I force myself to do something different, go someplace new, meet new people... sometimes you need that change in your life, change of scenery, whatever... to make you more motivated again when it comes to all those daily things. Hope you find your balance and happiness
I wonder if there's something in the air. I've been feeling a lot of the same things too...I blame it on my usual seasonal depression though. Because those few sunny days we had recently had me in the best spirits, I felt so good, so like myself again.
I exercise a lot anyway, but I think yoga could definitely get my frame of mind in a different, better place. I'm looking to move out soon somewhere on the coast, but if I can't even get my act together at home where I don't have to worry about bills and rent...there's no way I would stay sane by actually having to do all that AND worry about getting balanced...'tis time for a change.
start with little things and don't try to accomplish everything in one day yoga, running, a rec league sport, etc...do something that you will enjoy participating in. if you think yoga will help, then do yoga. you're gonna have to find that internal motivation again and start the fire up again
The key for me to get motivated to do things like pack, clean, etc, is to look at what I really want and focus on that, not get preoccupied with some other tasks. When I focus on my passions, everything else kinda follows into place. I bet taking up yoga might be good for that.
Leave everything and go live alone while doing intense physical labour for a couple of months. Worked for me.
That's totally my problem. I will sit down and clean and I'll find something and start looking at it or I'll find a story I wrote and sit down and read it. I get preoccupied and totally forget what I was doing in the first place. Or, the best thing is...if I'm cleaning, I'll set stuff in another part of my room, and then when I get to that part, I'll set it somewhere else...so nothing ever really gets put away.
Well, all I know is I've had the same lack of motivation many times in my life... and I know you already know this but whenever I just do it anyways (it meaning, do the dishes, clean and do all that tedious stuff I don't feel like doing at all), it does somehow help with the mental clutter. It's funny how that works. And that's so cool that you're gonna move to the coast. I need to get closer to the coast myself.
im in the same spot since i lost my job. it even took my weeks to fix my brakes on my car, and thats not normal for me. i went on a road trip and all i wanted to do was go home. and thats never happened to me before. if nothin works out, then you should think about being my gas rider this spring/summer. nothing like 4 or 5 months of vagrancy to motivate you to pick up the pieces.
I have gone through the same lack of motivation, I remember I was delaying cleaning the kitchen, in the back of my mind it annoyed me, but it wasn't til I got instantly sick of the mess that I cleaned it up. Took me like 1/2 an hour and I was on to other things. Sometimes the everyday drudgery of life can get you down. I find listening to music and singing will get that outta me. Sorta like the 'whistle while you work' thing. Also if you live alone and don't have alot of visitors it doesnt seem to matter much, but putting things in order, produces a sense of order and that can feel really good. Books piled up and leaning in stacks aren't so interesting to the mind as books put in order on a shelf where you can read the titles. Life is creating order out of chaos. Part of having balance is keeping your shit in order.
