I hope I am not alone in saying that I have been in a slump. In this slump, laziness takes over and productivity is at a stalemate. I tend to ask myself, "How do I motivate myself?" I tend to compromise and stray away from the solution when it is actually painfully simple. In order to get out of a slump, is to simply do. If I wake up at 7:00AM and my room looks messy, clean it right away. It seems like there is not enough time in a day to get everything accomplished, but it is more efficient to stop thinking and just do. I have become more efficient by doing whatever needs to be done then and there. It is the small steps of action that leads to success. You will eventually learn what is most important after you start getting things done first. Have a non-zero day. Do at least one thing productive whether it be reading that one chapter in the book lying in your bedside corner to applying for that one barista job downtown. GET SOMETHING DONE. Once this ball of success is moving, it gets easier and easier to push. It's annoying to hear, and every time I hear this phrase, I get a little pissed, but NO PAIN, NO GAIN. It's a phrase that should be embedded in your head every day. But be aware because there is trap that the human mind plays on us. We tend to think comparatively. Working hard is relative. Something is hard because there have been easier times prior. This "easy time" is an illusion. Don't compare things to the past. It is better to think about now and how to accomplish whatever in the best of your ability. Whatever you do, try your best at it. It will seem like a struggle to study 4 hours a day in college if you compare it to your summer break after 2nd grade always playing outside. Sure, those were good times, but your time is now. Things have and always will be changing. Adapt to these changes. Remember, you deserve whatever happens. If you don't study for that Calculus test and get a 55% on it, you deserve it. If you have a great work ethic and receive a fat promotion, you deserve it. We as humans have grown up with this concept. We know what we have to do to become successful but we have to constantly remind ourselves. You know what to do, start now.
Here's a helpful excerpt that inspired me.
http://www.reddit.com/r/getdisciplined/comments/1q96b5/i_just_dont_care_about_myself/cdah4a
