Monday Motivation!

So I am finding it is too hard to keep all my motivations through out the week and post them all.  I wish I could find a way to do it, but it's just too tough!

So I think I will simply randomly post my motivations a few times a week and try to get them all in there.  But I will definately post on days when I pull motivations that I think are important!

We've been doing the motivations a bit differently in the last few weeks.  Originally, I had made the motivation jar for myself...but as all the other mom's out there know, nothing is sacred when you are a mom.  Over the few weeks I've been doing the jar, I noticed that my kids (and even my hubby) began to look forward to hearing the motivations and the kids looked forward to picking them out of the jar.  So it has become a family motivation jar.  Now, the kids and I try to pull a motivation every morning and we have a white board that sits next to the jar.  We write the "motivation of the day" on the board for all to see and enjoy.

This was last week's motivation!

Monday Motivation:

"Do it for YOURSELF!"

Motivational Monday - 1/2



Front of my decopage motivation jar!



I spent some time with my motivation jar this week and it seems to actually work!  When I really don't feel like getting up and out the door to the gym, I grab a motivation and it's a kick in the butt.  They're simple sayings, just reminders of all I want to achieve this year. 

It's like having a little fortune cookie every day, without having to eat the cookie!  Some are very serious and some are hilarious.  Some are my own thoughts and others are borrowed with credit given to the original author and some are stolen since the original author was unknown. 

 I have a feeling I am going to enjoy pulling motivations from my jar for the next almost 300 days as I gear up for the marathon.

I didn't have a full week of motivations this week, since I didn't finish the jar until mid-week.  But here are the ones that I pulled this past week:

• You don't have to eat less, you just have to eat right. 
• The minute you think of giving up, think of the reason you held on so long.
• 3 Steps to getting fit; step 1 - kick ass, step 2 - take names, step 3 - repeat steps 1 & 2.
• It does not matter how slow your progress is, as long as you are moving towards your goal.

And today's motivation is:

• The first step to meeting any goal is deciding you don't want to be where you are now.

When I put that motivation in the jar, it seemed a bit harsh to me.  But the more I thought about it, I realized how true it is.  If you set goals, it means you want more out of life than you have right now.  So you need to make a change, and the first step in that is admitting you want something more. 



Backside of my jar.



So, the plan for Motivational Monday is to get organized for the 2012.  I have been researching some different training programs and am having a hard time narrowing it down.  But I need to get on an actual schedule instead of just running all willy-nilly.  So that is the plan for today, get organized and hit the gym...even though I know the gym will be busy with all the "resolutioners".  But they will only last a few weeks, then the gym will be quiet again!

Have a great day!  I'm off for my first run of 2012!

Motivational Monday - 12/26/2011

I was hoping to have a project completed by today to share.  I am seriously lacking in motivation these days.  I don't know why, I think motivation is just one of those things that ebbs and flows with life.  Sometimes you have lots of it and sometimes you need lots of it.  These days I need lots of it.

So I decided that in order to provide myself with the marathon training motivation that I need, I will be creating a motivation jar.  Sounds silly, I know.  Like a preschool project, but sometimes the simplest things are the most effective. 

I have spent the last week collecting motivation sayings.  Some are simple and some are complex.  Some relate to specific running goals and some are very broad.  Some will be specific to me and some will apply to anyone.  The goal is to come up with enough to supply me with a fresh motivational saying for every day from now until the marathon in October.  And let me tell ya, that is alot of sayings.  But I am over halfway there!

I plan on making a cute little jar to keep them in, then the idea is to pluck one out every morning and get some fresh squeezed motivation to keep me going.  I plan on keeping all 7 each week, then sharing them with the blog world each Motivational Monday.  Who knows if it will work...I just know that I need motivation from somewhere and I thought maybe this would work!

So stay tuned.  Next Monday, I plan to share a photo of my motivation jar and my first 7 motivations with everyone!