Finding My Motivation Ninja!

Joy here...I've written before about being a leader not a follower, and what I mean by that is a comment about motivation.  One might be motivated by the challenge of being passed by a faster bike rider or a faster runner out there, or one might be motivated by staying ahead of someone else.  And by that impersonal, third-person "one," what I really mean to say is that the very personal, first-person "I" struggle with trying to discover what motivates me best.

Because in discovering that motivation, I may well be motivated.

Maybe.

I hope.

As you can guess, I struggle with motivation.  February was a tough month when it comes to workouts, and while March has been better, it's not been a knock-it-out-of-the-ballpark success.

But one thing that I've learned that helps with motivation issues is that it's not like I can just sit and wait until motivation magically lands in my lap.  Instead, I have to get out there and run and ride and workout and in so doing, slowly but surely I will build in the motivation to keep doing that.

So even though it's spring and the temperatures are still freezing, I'm going to get out there on our new snow bike and go for a ride.  And tomorrow I'm going to hit my run workout.

And slowly but surely when the weather starts to warm up, I will find that with the arrival of spring and new buds on the green shoots, there will be new buds and green shoots of motivation taking root in my heart.  And then, my friends, I may just emerge out of this winter.

Joy the motivation ninja!

Over and out,

Joy