How to be Perpetually Enthusiastic Forever
When you are motivated you approach your tasks with enthusiasm. What is enthusiasm? The Greek meaning of the word means to be inspired by a god.
en – in, or possessed
theos – god
en+theos = inspired, possessed by a god
Can you imagine if you were always doing things that were inspired by a god? Think you’d ever want to do things any other way?
Take the converse: A lack of enthusiasm can make everything seem like hard work. You will feel like your driving force has gone and you just can’t be bothered to do what you need to; so you procrastinate.
Sometimes you don’t want to do anything at all when you lack enthusiasm. This feeling can hold you back and stop you achieving your best, which in turn lowers your enthusiasm even further.
Excuses are Like Noses
With a lack of enthusiasm it’s easy to come up with excuses for not getting done with what you need to do. But this just increases the problem as you dig yourself deeper into a pit of lethargy.
Why do you suffer from a lack of enthusiasm? It may be that you lack confidence so you don’t feel that you will do well at something.
It is far easier to explain it away to yourself with the excuse that you didn’t try because had you tried you might have failed. A lack off effort is way easier to bear in oneself than a lack of ability or possibility of failure.
Ability to Make It Happen
Perhaps it is not ability you lack, or feel you lack; perhaps you don’t have enough interest in the project at hand to really put your full effort into it.
Maybe you don’t perceive the task ahead as very important; many of us would lack enthusiasm to do something which we considered to be pointless or at least that there are far more important things to do.
If there is no incentive for you to do something, then very often you will lack enthusiasm to do it. That could be as simply solved as you needing to look a little deeper into the project to understand it better.
Beyond Lazy
Many people are just plain lazy. More likely, though, procrastination and putting things off has just become a habit for you; reinforced each time you do it – so it gets easier each time.
If you are scared about what people might say about your efforts you may lack enthusiasm to complete a task and have it open to scrutiny. If you are stressed or nervous about tackling something, that saps your enthusiasm to begin it.
Search Within
All of these reasons can lead to a lack of motivation and enthusiasm, but it is important to recognize that they are only excuses which you make to yourself to stop yourself from action.
You can learn to overcome any of these reasons for a lack of enthusiasm if you recognize them within yourself; like with all problems, you need to recognize them before you can change them. Only then can you learn to think differently and re-discover your enthusiasm.
Decide to be Enthusiastic
It is much easier to become enthusiastic and motivated again if you are able to decide what is important to you in your life. This can be little things that you enjoy doing every day or it can be long-term plans you have.
If something is important to you, it is much easier to maintain the enthusiasm needed to complete the task.
It may be that you are motivated by extrinsic rewards or by intrinsic satisfaction; you will need to think about what works for you, so that you are receiving some pleasure feel inspired and get things done. That is where your enthusiasm lies – in the inspiration from a god.
