I'm Too Tired To Work On My Dreams
Do you remember the excitement that you had the first time you discovered what your dream's are and the first time you started working on them?
If seemed like no matter what happened, nothing was going to stop you. You might have had a few hiccups, there might have been some naysayers, it didn't matter because you were on the path to fulfilling your dreams! If you had a busy schedule during the day, you would stay up into the wee hours of the morning because you were fulfilling your dreams. If you had to buy some equipment, you didn't mind working that over-time, whatever it took. I know exactly how you felt because this is also how I feel.
Having said that, here's the question: Do you still have that drive and ambition or when you think about doing extra to accomplish your dreams it makes you want to just roll over and take a nap?
If this describes you (and me) then I just want to give you a little encouragement to help you get over the "hump". Here are a three things that will help you push through this bump in the road to fulfilling your dream work:
Take a nap! Maybe the reason thinking about doing that extra works makes you tried is because you are literally tired, makes sense right? You might already work a full-time job and you come home worn out, you might have been able to ignore this in the excitement of first stages on your path, but in the end you are human. Being human we all need an adequate amount of rest. Now only you know how much rest you need everyday but make sure you distinguish between exhaustion and just being lazy (if you slept ten hours and are too tired to get something done, then maybe your just being lazy). If you're tired, sleep! You may think you're going to get more accomplished by pushing through the sleepiness, but in the end I think you'll find that you were actually less productive and your work might be a little more sloppy because of being tired, get some rest.
Do something everyday: You might be getting tired just reading this sentence but this is important. Have you ever heard of ether or momentum? Even if you have just ten minutes a day, it's still better than nothing (I know you can make more than ten minutes a day for your dream). When you take a day away it will eventually turn into two, then two turns into four and before you know its three weeks later and you don't even remember what your dream was. Keep it fresh in your mind by constantly working on it, give your self some momentum by making progress everyday. It will be awesome and inspiring to see how much progress you can make by chipping away at it a little at a time!
Focus on the "why" of what you're doing: A lot of times it's our nature to look at the details of something and get overwhelmed, frustrated, angry and eventually just give up (this is the easy way out). I had a post where I addresses this in a little more detail (http://talesofwork.com/blog/2011/08/how-do-you-find-a-job-you-love-2/) The point is when you focus on the reason why you're doing something, it makes all the frustrating parts more bearable. For example, when I think about writing my second book and I go to the computer after having a long day at my day job, I feel too tired, mad that I haven't been able to transition faster. I look at my book sales and am happy but not excited that there wasn't 10,000 copies sold the night before. I very easily talk myself out of writing on the second book that day. Lately I have looked at why I need to write this second book (more time home with my family, doing something that I love everyday, being able to help other's that are struggling) and it gives me a shot of energy to press on and keep going hard! If you are getting overwhelmed and tired looking at the "how" and "what" then stop and focus on why you're doing what you're doing!
It's very easy to justify not working on our dreams, after all we have day jobs that take up a tremendous amount of time out of our week. Ask your self this though, what's the alternative? If you can't find that energy, can't make time to work on your dreams, then you better make plans to do something you either hate or can't stand until you snap or they fire you! Scary, isn't it? Don't give up, don't be discouraged. Take a nap right now and wake up and determine you're going to do what it takes to get to your dream job (or business). I know you have it in you!
Have you been tired or discouraged? Let us know in the comments:
