The Motivation Jar

Procrastination is my biggest flaw.  I hate doing things, even things I want to do, let alone things I need to do.  There's always another post on Reddit to read or another video on Youtube.  As you can see my blog posts here have varied from erratic to nonexistent.  Oops.

Motivation is a big problem for me.

So I stumbled on to this post on a weight loss blog (I'm still working on the weight loss thing, btw--it's going okay, but not great) and I've decided to give it a try.

Samantha of Sparkly and Slimming created a goal jar for the new year.  In it she's put things she wants to work on this year, big things she wants to focus on in 2-week increments.  Well, my attention span is too short for that, but I decided a 'daily goal jar' might not be a bad idea.

So here is my Motivation Jar.

They're mostly exercise, chores, and career stuff.  Things that need to be done that will be good for me.  Little things.  (Except for 'clean office.' That's gonna be a biggie.)  Little things that will make my life better.  "Add 5 items to the donate bag" is to help me de-clutter my life and decide what's really important.  Ditto "List 2 items on ebay."  

I have one slip that says "Move $20 into savings account and roll 2 rolls of change."  This will encourage me to save money.  There are lots of "Write 500 words" slips and "Write blog entry" slips. I need to do better with these things the most. The store I work at is going under and I really don't want to get a new job, so the more money-making things I can do the better off I will be.

Right now I've stagnated at 7 lbs away from my goal weight.  The exercise slips will hopefully help motivate me to move more every day, not just when I pull something out of the jar.  If this snow ever melts I'll add "Run around the block" to the jar.  I added 'no sugar' and 'no chocolate' to a lot of them because I've discovered I eat an obscene amount of sugar even when I'm watching my calories.  Its really, really bad. :/

The plan is to dip into it at least once a day, but also when I'm sitting around procrastinating for too long.  Spend an hour on Reddit?  Definitely time to hit the jar.

So this is it.  A new step to a better me.  First goal is "Write 500 words." Better get on that.