"There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs."
Have you ever felt like your'e drowning in your goals? Well, I am definitely there and I don't plan on decreasing the amount of goals that I have created for myself but I am definitely in need of some motivation to keep going. As a child I was always taught to motivate myself, my mom would say, "If you go looking for others to cheer you on, you'll never see it!" Those words of wisdom have kept me going however, now that I know all of that, I need to motivate myself to stay in the race, not to give up and to cross the finish line- how do I do that? Well, I've been reading, talking to others and devised a plan- here's how I'll be motivating myself to get back in the race:
1. Stay Positive. Recently, I was feeling STOW (some type of way) because I felt like my business wasn't making progress. I told my self that I would continue to make products, that I just needed it to get into the right hands and then everyone would realize how awesome my products were. I was not accepting defeat, however, I have over time created tactics that allow me to ignore what is bothering me. So I was avoiding going to my analytics pages as to not be disappointed. Well, a week later I finally looked only to see that my site was getting a lot of traffic AND I had a purchase order sitting there waiting to be filled! Because I was ignoring my site and pouting about not seeing what I wanted to see, I couldn't see what was actually there. Stay positive and your vision and actions will fall in line.
2. Recognize Your Progress. This time last year I was just chewing away at ideas, not moving on them at all. To fast forward to today, I can say that I am proud of myself at how I am crossing off goals left and right. I have hard days, days where I just want to stop and say, "I tried!" However, I don't because I am able to recognize my own progress, even the tiniest bits of progress. As I always say in my blogs, "Any progress, is progress!" I recognize my progress through different tracking apps, as I stated earlier in this blog, I have analytics pages for my businesses (google analytics and analytics app through wix). The analytics pages allow me to see how many people are coming to my websites in real time and it is the motivation that I need. I can see that people are clicking on my site and that lets me know the traffic is there so my products or content need to be on point so that people will continue to purchase and or read (Wrapologie & normalblackchic). Track your progress, however you choose and be proud of yourself!
3. Reward Yourself. Celebrate your progress! That doesn't mean blow everything you just made or buy yourself some ridiculously expensive item because you accomplished your goal. However, I do mean to treat yourself for all of your hard work i.e. Starbusk, H&M shirt, Forever21 accessories, dinner, manicure/ pedicure LOL, etc. Your definition of success is nobodies business, some people will question why you're so excited, it's not up to them! Reward yourself, this a powerful way to stay motivated.
So, as I get back to work, I hope you are too! Motivate yourself, stay in the race, never give up and follow your dreams because they know the way!
