There’s a lot of different reasons why, when I open my eyes in the morning, I decide that I’m going to get out of bed today. I feel as if my source of motivation differs from day to day, even from time to time throughout the same day. I’ve found it to be easier to simply focus on the small things in front of me rather than getting fixated on general, opaque ideas that are sometimes hard to grasp (such as my future or my wellbeing). Of course, these are always in the back of my mind and serve as the “driving inspiration” but sometimes it’s easy to lose myself when I don’t have tangible goals in front of me.
The other day I got out of bed because I knew there would be leftover army stew waiting for me after I get back from classes and work. I won’t lie, these days food has been a pretty big motivation for me especially because it’s hard to secure a set time for me to sit down and eat. Other days it was getting to see my friend that was coming to visit, getting a package, or even just because I wanted to call my mom and see my dog.
That being said, it’s hard to feel inspired and motivated every single day and minute. But what keeps me going is the fact that I know there’s something to come, something that will be worth me opening my eyes and not hitting that snooze button. Life is really complicated; sometimes it helps to simplify things and gear your attention to what’s directly in front of you rather than getting ahead of yourself. It doesn’t have to a grand gesture or even big; if it’s something thats significant to me, that suffices.
Honestly today I got out of bed because I had a work shift in the morning in addition to a list of things that weren’t going to check themselves automatically. But seeing that it’s not even 10 in the morning, I’m confident that I’ll find my source of inspiration sometime throughout today.
