When You Lose Yourself, Find Your Purpose

Finding what motivates you, so that it can keep you going.

Spencer Pollock
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

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What happens when you lose your motivation again? Maybe you only had it for just a minute or two. You had it going to bed wanting to workout in the morning; to implement that new idea you had in the shower before work — then when it comes a time, you just crap out on yourself. What happens?

Are you going to get back on the horse?

Thinking about it again, it’s difficult to get back into the swing of things. You’ve been working out so hard and doing so well with your goals and then it just slacks.

Let’s back up a bit.

Finding a Purpose

You need something to strive for. You need a goal, powerful enough to build an ideal to work towards. A goal is a powerful weapon. A mountain to climb and never think twice about.

This will be a focal point to focus on. All your actions and time should be spent thinking and working towards this goal. That means to say, not every waking moment, but to mean that you should think about what you’re doing daily to work towards those goals.

Finding a purpose is not an easy task. Facing who you really are, dissecting that which makes you…

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Spencer Pollock
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

💻Software Engineer | Game Developer | DevOps | Project Enthusiest | Technical Writer — Working to make things simpler. I’ll tell you my story as it unfolds 📖