Do you ever just feel worn out and unmotivated? I know I do! It can be exhausting running through the rat race of life.
I’m a mom, student, blogger, wife, chauffeur, housekeeper, CFO of my house, ect., ect. I know you see where this is going. It’s exhausting and often I have trouble staying motivated in ALL of those areas. I am sure you are no different.
I was mindlessly searching through some quotes the other day, probably avoiding something I actually should have been doing, and l ran across a quote that just spoke to me: “If you try, you risk failure. If you don’t, you ensure it.” That just smacked me across the face.
Blogging is hard work, I’m not going to lie. Parenting, going to school, and other things make blogging more difficult. I have been struggling with my mindset lately. In one part of my mind, I know to treat my blog as a business. However, I have a family and other obligations that make my business take a bit of a backseat. But I am working on my business. Trying all the time. For me that quote was what I needed to read. Those simple words inspired a more positive and motivated mindset in regards to my blog.
Yes, I am risking failure, but I am trying. I am giving it a go. It is a slow go, but I’m doing it! This way if I should not succeed, I won’t be because I never tried.
How about you? What depletes your motivation? Do you have a quote that helps you recalibrate your mindset?
I’ve compiled a list of 10 motivational quotes to help inspire us (the tired, the weary) to get back in a positive mindset.
We’ve got this!
Motivational Quotes
If you try, you risk failure. If you don’t, you ensure it.
Allow Yourself to be a beginner. No one starts out being excellent.
Tell the Negative committee that meets in your heat to sit down & shut up.
Give Yourself the same care and attention you give to others and watch yourself bloom.
Setting Goals is the first step in turning the invisible to visible. -Tony Robbins
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. -Karem Saddiki
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily.” -Zig Ziglar
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
- Maya Angelou
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