Maybe She’s Born With “IT”

I’ve been thinking A LOT and that’s always a good thing, right? I’ve been thinking to myself “self, why can’t you get motivated?” I watch friends on Facebook or Instagram post pictures or motivational sayings who are obviously motivated themselves. What do they have that I don’t have? Are you just born that way? Now, in this instance I’m speaking about Exercise, whatever form that may be… I watch how dedicated and consistent they are and it frustrates me to no end that I cannot for the life of me do either (stay committed or consistent). What is “it”? I’m starting to think that some of us were just born lazy? And some of us find exercise a chore and others a means of entertainment aka “Fun”. Now don’t think I’m being hard myself, if I was I would be exercising just like this fitness junkies (I mean that as a compliment by the way). It’s a fact that some are smarter than others, they have a better capacity for learning. They were born that way. But I don’t really believe that self-motivation is something we are born with. I think it’s something we learn, perhaps from others or from ourselves. You know what think it may be? Fear, yep, they have none. They just keep going no matter what. Isn’t fear what keeps us from achieving anything in life. I know for me its fear of failure or fear I may look silly. I’d just like to be in their head for a day, to see what it feels like to “stay” motivated and how they fight off those silly voices in their head. What is it that they do differently? Maybe it is an inborn “fight or flight” thing that got skipped in my DNA. Perhaps that’s just an excuse……another one. Thanks for listening.