Does your Motivation need Shaking Up?

Motivation is a great thing! It's like a motor that drives you and things get done without you realising it but every so often it all slows down and you feel sluggish, as though the drive had gone - and it probably has!
Just like anything else, motivation needs to be fed, shaken up and kick-started every so often.

So how can we do that?

I was just thinking about it this morning, and realised that what I do is:

• Remember what my objective is - so literally re-state it to myself and why I'm doing it. Be as clear as possible as Objective and Intention (why/what and who for?) can make the whole difference as to how much motivation we'll have.
• If I've run out of ideas, or I'm bored with the way I do things, I need inspiration so I read or speak to those around me about it, and generally, ideas begin to flow. Another plus towards Motivation.
• Sometimes I realise that the goal I set for myself seems to stand like a mountain in front of me, which is a bit scary! I feel as though I'll never get over it. So, I break down the steps towards the final BIG goal and set myself smaller ones, more achievable steps to achieve the final objective. That usually also brings on more motivation.

Goal setting is really exciting and achieving them is even more rewarding. On the other hand, giving up can give us a real sense of failing and have a negative impact on may other things. It's important to understand that achieving a goal is not easy, and that help is always somewhere near - so, the first goal to set oneself should be to NOT GIVE UP! With that goal in  mind, anything is possible by Allaah's Will.


Today's short video is the speech of a 13 year old girl at a United Nations conference and she totally motivated me! Watch it and and let me know what you think.

Until next time...peace x

What New Year?

Why should I be passed as weird just because I don't want to celebrate this day - January 1st? Who dictates this day to be special? Every day is special to me. Every day, another opportunity to be better, a chance to make up, to improve, to rectify, to prepare for a better Hereafter.

To me, singling out today as a special day, or the beginning of a new term (or year in this case) would deny the idea that every other day can also be a beginning, and just as this isn't a beginning, December 31st isn't an end either. This is only so because of the Gregorian calendar which was only adopted from the 16th century onwards. If you're interested to find out more about it, here's an interesting summary http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002061.html

As for now, it's business as usual, and if I were to celebrate right now, I'd celebrate my Creator who's given me another day. To me, nothing's certain, and I wouldn't want to celebrate a new year not knowing what it has in store for me! Do you?