You know how it feels to think, "I still have a whole work day ahead of me"? It's a pain. The worst part is knowing you have to wake up, go to work, and be productive when you're tired, unmotivated, and wish you could just stay in bed. The difficult aspect is that, even though you know cognitively that you're not the only one who has ever felt that way, it may still feel quite lonely in the moment. If you're stuck in a Friday rut and want to get out of it, consider these six ideas for boosting your Friday enthusiasm.
The first step in boosting your Friday motivation is to have a healthy breakfast. "Breakfast is the most essential meal of the day," as we've all heard. It turns out that our parents weren't only trying to convince us to eat something before school. Breakfast has been found in studies to help with memory, recall, mood, and visual-motor functioning. However, researchers have discovered evidence that the benefits of breakfast's micronutrient boost fade off after a while. The body, like a car with a full tank of gas that runs out after a long trip, need refuelling. As a result, eating breakfast and lunch on a day when you aren't feeling well may provide you with the extra boost you require to get through the day. Skipping meals can cause a drop in blood sugar, making you feel weak and sluggish. If you're already having trouble staying motivated, not eating will simply make you feel sluggish and unmotivated to get anything done.
The cheat sheet has always been a favourite of mine. I'm not a cheater, but I do enjoy knowing what has to be done. When you're already unmotivated, no one wants to waste any more time trying to find out what you should do.
Whatever you are, there is a good chance that by Friday of any given week, you will have accomplished at least one or two items that were scheduled to be completed earlier in the week but didn't. Here's how I figure out what's most important.
Taking up the low-hanging fruit is another approach to re-energize your Friday motivation. There's nothing wrong with starting with the simple tasks. Perhaps you're exhausted and the urgent duties will consume too much of your time and energy. There's nothing wrong with completing the obvious simple tasks. Emails, filing, data entry, document reconciliation, follow-up conversations, editing or modifying written material, and research are all simple chores.
During the workday, take at least two scheduled breaks. Life is demanding. It's stressful to feel obligated to work when you don't feel up to it. Let's not make matters worse by forcing oneself to spend the entire day in front of the computer with no breaks. The days of thinking that "lunch is for punks and working 80 hours a week is what you should be doing" are dwindling away, if not already gone for some.
In fact, experts revealed that, while "taking short breaks during the working day may not have as visible an impact as taking a vacation," there are considerable benefits.
Breaks can serve to decrease or prevent stress, aid to sustain performance throughout the day, and lessen the need for a long recuperation at the end of the day, according to studies."
Set three alarms before you sit down at your desk for the day: two 20-minute breaks and one lunch break. By forcing yourself to be miserable in front of your computer, you're not demonstrating anything to anyone. You've earned the right to be flexible and kind. Allow these rest periods to serve as a radical act of self-care.
Listening to uplifting music is another approach to boost your Friday motivation. Music is a form of treatment. It's no secret that sound vibrations have an impact on our mood. Chanting, the use of singing bowls, chimes, bells, and other sound instruments as healing agents were all activities that ancient communities recognised and accepted. Chanting is used in healing and energy-shifting practises such as Kirtan and Bhakti yoga. Many spiritual healing rites in the Hindu and Buddhist religions include bells and chimes. We have adopted the usage of signing bowls for energetic healing throughout the modern world.
The majority of people can recall at least one instance in their lives when music or sound helped them change their mood. It has been proven that music has a direct impact on the listener. According to studies, listening to music while working can result in a "improvement in both mood and quality of work."
If you're feeling particularly unmotivated, playing your favourite record in the background while you try to get some work done can be the answer. Explore genres such as trip hop, house, ambient, Beach House, and JamBand if you can't work while listening to music with words and you don't enjoy classical or traditional jazz. Bonobo, Thievery Corporation, and Grammatik are among the musicians you might love.
As a yogi, I believe in being fully present in each moment. However, there are instances when the present is a little too intense, and being hyper-present will not help you improve your mood. In certain situations, harnessing the power of positive anticipation can be your hidden weapon, because "knowing that something nice is on the way motivates you to do things you may not want to perform."
We all enjoy being praised, especially when we are doing something we don't particularly enjoy. Giving yourself something to anticipate is the best method to ensure that you will be rewarded for your efforts to get through the day.
The prize does not have to be huge. It could be anything as simple as eating ice cream, going on a stroll, spending time with friends, or vegging out for a few hours with your phone set to do not disturb. When I was in boarding school, I used to utilise this tactic a lot. In New England, the time between semesters felt so lengthy, especially in the winter, that my friends and I would get excited about trivial things like drinking lime rickeys at Brigham's. It worked, believe it or not.
Try that the next time you're in a funk on a Friday. Consider anything you can look forward to, no matter how minor, and see how your energy transforms as a result.
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