Ten Ways to Stay Motivated When Building Something From the Ground Up

Having goals to build something in your life, whether you are renovating your home by hand or trying to get your online business off the ground is important. Life puts roadblocks in your way, and sometimes it feels like you are not making any progress. To stay motivated, you need to keep your goals in mind and find focus your efforts. Here are 10 ways to help stay motivated when on the long road to making your goal a reality.

You know where you want to be, but getting there will take time. Be flexible, and be prepared to change directions and alter it as your life changes. Life has a way of redirecting you for your good. Maybe you plan to renovate your home, but finances are tight.

Being flexible means looking at something and doing something in a different way. Maybe you planned to hire contractors to do a lot of the work on your home, but how much can you do yourself and how much will that save? Consider alternative approaches to meeting your goals.

You can start building your dreams, but keeping yourself on a deadline can be difficult. The kids need to go to school or work has new projects you must focus on. Keep track of the progress you are making, so you know you are making progress.

Having large goals is easy, but breaking them down into smaller pieces to make them easier to accomplish can be discouraging and take time. Set little goals for every day you work on it to do the small pieces around your big project. If you are building a home, be happy you have all the supplies purchased and ready for you use on one day and proud of yourself the next by marking where you will put your home.

A big goal is a lot of little tasks and accomplishments, which can be hard to recognize on the journey. Focus on the little accomplishments and gradually move forward.

It is easy to get distracted by other things that need to be done. Set your daily plans like you would your work schedule. Have your lunch planned for a certain time and quitting time clearly established. You have work to do, and it is very easy to see and work on other things that need doing as well.

Eliminating your distractions can also be leaving your phone inside or taking your children to their grandmother’s house. Children can help with the projects, but young children are usually more of a hindrance than a help, plus it can be dangerous.

Multitasking is one of the worst things for the world. Trying to do multiple things at once will only add stress to your project and prevent you from seeing your progress. Focus on one set of tasks every day so that you can enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done. You will also reduce your daily workload and feel better about the job you are completing.

Being patient can be hard. You can know where you want to be, but it can take time. Don’t be too hard on yourself for not moving faster or getting certain parts of the job done in a day. You are only human and building a home or starting that online business can take time to grow.

YouTube, as well as biographies or life story movies, can be a great motivator for any project you are undertaking. You can see and hear proof that your goal is possible to complete and find motivation from their setbacks or problems. Do not spend all your time watching or reading them, but revisit and find new stories to enjoy as your project makes progress and frustrations mount.

Looking back can be hard, but it also is motivating. When you look back at how long you have worked on your goal, you will see what you have accomplished. For example, if you are starting an online business, you can be proud that at this time last year, you barely had a website, but now you have twenty regular visitors, and the numbers are increasing.

You can know where you want your life to go, but patience and looking back to see how far you have come. You can make a regular exercise of stepping back and surveying your progress whenever you need a boost for your work.

Sometimes you waste time and money when you are trying to accomplish a project. You bought forty bags of cement for the foundation of your house, and a storm rolls through and soaks it all. There is nothing you can do, but accept the setback and move one.

You can buy more cement and take time to heal from any injuries. You need to accept that what happened was outside of your control and learn what you can about how to prevent it from happening in the future.

Sometimes you cannot do something on your own. You cannot pick up those giant rocks, or someone has hacked your website. Do not be afraid to go to friends, neighbours, or relatives and ask for help when your project gets tough. Working together can make your project go faster and help you to see it in a new light.

Your goals are worth working for. If you take the time to think them through and work out the steps and how to accomplish each step, you will be on your way to meeting your goal. Be patient and enjoy the journey as life is about the journey, not how fast you get there.