Comments on: What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:21:18 +0000

Singing is what helps me keep going on the gray days when I’m feeling down. I just have to remember to do it. The 6 ideas here are helpful as well.
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By: turnitupmom

turnitupmom — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:25:06 +0000

How timely this is! I’ve recently been re-evaluating my blogging, because it’s been seeming like a drag and my intent was for it to be a creative outlet as a SAHM. I do just keep showing up. Maybe I’m just not as motivated right now. I’m trying to sit with it….a super-hard task for me.
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By: Hayden Tompkins

Hayden Tompkins — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:14:13 +0000

I know that when I start getting overwhelmed, I tend to stop making any forward progress whatsoever. I have to remind myself that every wall began with a single stone, and I just have to keep stacking those stones.
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By: Juggling Motherhood

Juggling Motherhood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:17:12 +0000

Yes, I’m sure A LOT of us can relate to that! Lack of motivation can certainly make mount washmore feel unclimbable.
Hugs to all the mothers out there!
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By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:59:55 +0000

I’m with Wilma here. Spending time on looking at the required resources before committing is a useful place to begin any project or relationship for that matter.
And as you say Sherri, if it no longer works for us we have the right to stop doing it. The important part for me here is that it is communicated immediately. How many people decide to stop something and never tell others who are involved, not for a while anyway? Instead they let it dwindle and become so out of integrity with themselves that the mere mention of the project makes them cringe.
Putting ourselves first; coming from the heart will have our projects work out whether we complete them or not.
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By: Zengirl

Zengirl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:36:47 +0000

Good tips Sherri, sometimes when I do not feel like doing it, I take a break (day or few days) and decide after that if that task is really needed to be done or not, sometimes I cross it out of my-to-do list without doing it, if it not that critical.
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By: Wilma Ham

Wilma Ham — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:17:31 +0000

Not completing things is out of integrity behavior and is worth looking at.
We often jump into things without looking if we are resourced to take it on.
I now look if I have time, money, energy, tools and skills to complete a project and if I have answered all with a ‘yes’ I proceed.

We are seldom aware of what we take on, we just say ‘yes’ and start and then we feel bad when we have over comitted ourselves and cannot complete.
That is correct to feel that that is not great behavior, no point in finding excuses, but instead of beating ourselve up we could look honestly at what is going on.
We waste a lot of our time by jumping in, time we claim we do not have.
And then we have trouble correcting our mistakes and make it worse by hanging on to projects that have no future.
I agree that once we realize that we no longer want to pursue the completion, the best thing is to let it go.
That is a great completion in itself and brings us back into integrity.
Wilma Ham´s last blog ..Questions, the doors to our hearts.

By: abbie

abbie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:42:28 +0000

I can definitely identify with the re-connect and re-evaluate. Taking a step back and remembering why…is a good way to decide to keep on going, or to take a break, or to redirect. As a perfectionist-type, it is hard for me to see “some-times” as a success. It usually needs to be “all-times.” But sometimes, you need that something, only sometimes and it is okay to put it aside for a bit.