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How To Stay Motivated

• Keep a journal. Make a list of reasons why you’re doing this in the first place. Leave a page open after it for adding reasons later. Then make a list of experiences you’ll have once you reach a/the goal. Write down your starting point, your end goal, and the bigger milestones. Then add in a bunch of little goals. Make your journal looks nice! Use colors that appeal to you. Be excited to use it! Write down your happy moments and achievements, write down your not so great moments and come back to them when you’re better. Evaluate how you recovered, how you can recover next time, and read through then when your low again to see that you’ve beaten this before!
• Get support! Even if it’s just one person who you know you can talk to (I’d be happy to help) if you’re falling down again to help you pick yourself back up!
• Start slow!! Don’t try and change yourself over night. It’ll take time! Make small goals, complete them one at a time, and build up from there. Take your time. Don’t stress out about missing a day or two or three! Just try again. You’ll get there. It might take weeks or months or years but if you want it, you’ll get it.

REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO FAIL TO SUCCEED!!!

It took me so long to finally get serious enough to stick with it and make progress. With multiple things! I can’t count how many times I tried and failed to lose weight. How many times I tried and failed to write and/or draw consistently. But I keep trying, and that’s the point!

• Change your perspective. I was successful in my weight loss this time around because I tried a different method. I’m starting to draw again because I have a new interest and I’m letting loose with my art style, being less critical of myself and not trying to be a perfectionist.

Just take your time!! Be kind to yourself, and forgive yourself for messing up because you tried and you will try again!!

I wish you the best of luck and I’m always okay with talking if you need some love <333