I love this quote. Amen, Tom Hanks.
Remind yourself right now.
Alright, let's get on with it. As you all know, Sports Season is here so I thought why not give a motivational post right? :D Yeah, it's pretty lame but I hope you all read on :b Hopefully by the end of this post, you'll feel pumped and ready to exercise! We all know it's really hard to stay motivated, like to attend trainings, to stay fit and all that kind of stuff. I totally understand because I have trainings all year round and extra during sports season because of events and upcoming competitions then at the end of the year, I train to prep for the next year. Not trying to brag or anything, just trying to link it to what I'm about to tell you. Since I train very often, honestly, it's really hard to keep myself motivated. I get bored of trainings sometimes because it's too much until the point I can't take it anymore. I get demotivated really quickly and decide to give up from time to time. Yes, it's really hard to maintain motivated. You get side track and then you're just like screw everything. You go like, "Why am I even doing this? I'm sick of it. I should quit this." It happens to most of us right? It sure happened to me before. I've thought of quitting cheer and gym as well for like uncountable times because I have to be so committed and sometimes, it really sucks.
As I grew older, I started thinking through because I really cannot bring myself to quit something that has been such a huge part of my life. I cannot just think of quitting just because I'm gonna be demotivated for awhile. So this is what I do. I take a break, take some time off training. Watch my past cheer videos (they really get me pumped up), see my past progression pictures, tell myself that I have yet a lot of things I wanna achieve and I'm not ready to quit that way. There are a lot of different ways to motivate yourself, it depends on how you motivate yourself. For some people, it would be like. "Oh you suck at this blah blah blah." Some people would take this negative criticism and turn it into motivation. In the end, they prove the other person wrong. Another one would be like challenges. I challenge myself to do what I think I cannot do. I don't necessarily have to achieve that specific thing but at least I improve in some way.
So sometimes if you feel too demotivated, stop for awhile and just take a break before it really gets to you. Key to being motivated is to always be positive, think of how far you have come and not how long more you have to go, don't take it so hard on yourself and keep pushing on. You've come so far, why give up now right? Just don't ever give up. It's okay to get side track once in awhile but you gotta make sure you find back your motivation and get back on the road. Be positive, look at the brighter side of things. It really helps (:
As for those inactive people, like you don't like sports. Honestly, I think you should give it a try. Just try, you never know whether you might find joy in sports. I have a lot of friends who are now so in love with sports (yes they are still as geeky as ever in the inside.) A lot of people claim that geeky people aren't athletic and athletic people aren't smart which I strongly disagree. A lot of the athletes I know are smart as well, and I know some smart asses who commit a lot to exercising. So stop using "I'm not fit" as an excuse to not participate! Everyone has to start from scratch then you build your way from there! (:
Again, have a positive mindset and never ever give up! Find your source of motivation and push yourself (: Don't quit because you're done trying, only failures do that.
And this is my 100th post! Happy 100th post :D
Love Rachel*
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