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  • The person who cares less has the most power in a relationship.
  • No one will ever be able to make you feel loved unless you love yourself.
  • You can't change others.
  • No matter how hot you find someone, you'll get used to it faster than you like.
  • The cute little quirks of today are the soul-destroying flaws of tomorrow.
  • We will all eventually become old and unattractive in the eyes of society.
  • The less you care about a particular woman, the easier it is to end up with her.
  • Both sexes are easy to manipulate with the same principles that marketers use to sell us crap – scarcity, commitment, reciprocity, authority, social proof, and liking.
  • Men will never know how it feels to be a woman and vice versa.
  • You can love your partner till death and still want to sleep with others.

No matter how dark some lessons are, it's still worth it.
  • You can't always get what (who) you want.
  • Love, dating, and relationship can't be "figured out" logically. They require empathy, vulnerability, and honesty.
  • Emotions change all the time. It's possible to think you love someone with all your heart, but then one day you sober up and find out you truly don't.
  • When in love, everyone becomes an idiot.
  • "Show me a beautiful woman, and I’ll show you a man who’s tired of sleeping with her."
  • The higher you set the expectations from the beginning, the harder it will be to maintain the relationship. E.g., Send your girlfriend flowers every day and it will be cute for the first three days, cheesy after that, then awkward, and finally unbearable.
  • The opposite of well is well-meaning. 
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    Tuesday, 9 August 2016

    10 Practical Tips for Taking Action When You Don’t Feel Like It



    By Amanda Wilks 
    We’ve all been there at some point. There is a task ahead of us, we need to get to it and complete it, but we just don’t feel like it. We need to get off the bed, pick up the phone, and ring our doctor for an appointment. There’s a social event coming up and there are a million other things we’d rather be doing, such as shovelling in ice-cream and watching reruns of Friends.
    It’s all okay. It’s all understandable. There are too many factors that can contribute to a lack of motivation or willingness to do something for us to avoid all of them. Now and then, it’s established that this is something that happens, more or less, to all of us. One question prevails, though: How can we overcome this general lack of motivation?
    Here are 10 practical tips for taking action when you don’t feel like it:
    1. Localize the problem
    A good starting point is to uncover what it is exactly that’s making you avoid doing a certain something. In most cases, it’s because the task at hand is unpleasant or because we dread going to it. In other instances, it could be because the initial excitement has washed away and you’re stuck in the most difficult part – the middle.
    “Life is in different stages. Every stage of life is the foundation for the next stage of life. Every stage of life must be fully-lived” – Lailah Gifty Akita
    2. Set up the stage
    Now that you found the catalyst, work towards combating it by making your task impossible to avoid. Clean out your entire schedule, do everything else you could possibly do first, and then you’ll end up stuck with this one thing and nothing else.
    3. Keep the end result in mind
    If we’re talking about something like making an unwanted call or going to an unpleasant meeting, thinking about the long game greatly helps. Just think about how short a phone call is and how it won’t matter at all a few minutes later. If you can’t get yourself motivated or to genuinely want to do this thing, just look forward to it ending instead.
    4. Find motivation
    Not in the literal sense. If we were able to get motivated on cue then we wouldn’t have a problem that needs to be solved by the tips in this article, right? Real motivation is finding this little spark that might trigger your desire to take the action. Set your eyes on someone that inspires you and use this admiration as a starting point. Pick out the positives from a task and focus on them to build excitement.
    5. Show commitment
    The keyword here is show commitment. If you’re a person that values the opinions and views of others, your biggest advantage might be putting your goal out there for the world to see. If you want to lose weight, for example, publish a post announcing your intention on social media. Saying it to someone’s face works too, but having it posted online is a lot more effective. After all, what’s on the Internet stays on the Internet forever.
    6. Make Notes
    Aside from commitment with the help of others, you can also do it all by yourself. Make some notes constantly reminding you of your goal and leave them in a place you know you’ll read them. Don’t lose sight of the goal and think about it on a daily basis. This technique will gradually lessen the weight of your task and it will make it seem more achievable.
    7. Start small
    Failures are a part of life just like successes. Don’t expect a huge result right off the bat. Start off small and gradually increase difficulty. If you want to work out, start with a short 10-minute routine. If you have to write a paper, tell yourself that you’ll write 200 words today, 300 words tomorrow, and keep increasing the number.
    8. Find Joy
    Find joy in these small successes. Go into the task with minimal expectations. When you manage to get those 10 minutes of exercise done, see it as a positive thing. In turn, it will boost motivation and it will make you realize that your goal is within reach.
    9. Accept the fickleness
    Another important thing is to realize the fact that, no matter how many tips and motivational exercises you will undergo, this is still a task that doesn’t exactly fill you with joy. If, after a few days of good work, you find yourself lack in motivation again, this is not the end. Motivation is like a rollercoaster. Take a break, repeat the previous steps, press the reboot button, and start over again.
    “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”   – Lou Holtz
    10. Reach for help
    Don’t steer away from the support of others. You might actually need it, especially if you have difficulties picking yourself up again. The people who know about your goal will very likely be there to help you rather than to judge you.
    The best advice I can give is to constantly keep your eyes on the benefits, to swap negative thoughts for positive ones. Find some sort of reward at the end of the task’s completion. If you can’t, follow these tips and accept the fact that you can’t be 100% committed to this particular goal, but that it can be done regardless.
    What are some things you do to help yourself take action even when you don’t feel like it? Please share in the comment section below!
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