{"id":3760,"date":"2009-06-19T18:05:13","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T00:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2009-06-19T18:07:42","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T00:07:42","slug":"have-you-seen-my-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2009\/06\/19\/have-you-seen-my-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Seen My Motivation?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"stressed overworked \" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3761\" style=\"border: 3px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"candle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/candle.png\" alt=\"candle\" width=\"206\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>I often feel disappointed in myself when I&#8217;m not motivated to go to the gym or shoot a show.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, I love what I do, so how can I not be thrilled about working or exercising ALL the time?!\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds completely ridiculous but I feel that if I&#8217;m not completely excited, then I&#8217;m not giving it everything that I can.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, keeping myself motivated and then motivating others and then doing it on camera, I guess I&#8217;m allowed a few days of head in the sand, but still &#8211; I often worry about my motivation and productivity levels.\u00c2\u00a0 This post from Zen Habits could not have come at a better time.\u00c2\u00a0 The idea that energy and motivation comes in waves makes perfect sense but I still hate dealing with those hours or even days when I&#8217;m in slow-mo.\u00c2\u00a0 Going forward, I&#8217;m going to strive for appreciating my ups and downs and trying to make the most of them&#8230; we&#8217;ll see how this goes.\u00c2\u00a0 I have a feeling this will take years.\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"motivation workflow zen habits\" href=\" http:\/\/tr.im\/p7hS\">&lt;&lt; Why Motivation Doesn&#8217;t Really Matter &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often feel disappointed in myself when I&#8217;m not motivated to go to the gym or shoot a show.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, I love what I do, so how can I not be thrilled about working or exercising ALL the time?!\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds completely ridiculous but I feel that if I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,340,23,9,8,342,70,339,28,338,53,40,21,343,341],"class_list":["post-3760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-exhausted","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-lack-of-motivation","tag-motivation","tag-overworked","tag-productivity","tag-stress","tag-wellbeing","tag-wellness","tag-withamymac","tag-workflow","tag-zen-habits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I often feel disappointed in myself when I&#039;m not motivated to go to the gym or shoot a show.\u00c2 I mean, I love what I do, so how can I not be thrilled about working or exercising ALL the time?!\u00c2 It sounds completely ridiculous but I feel that if I&#039;m not completely excited, then I&#039;m\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"amy\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2009\/06\/19\/have-you-seen-my-motivation\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amy Mac Health &amp; Fitness - High quality audio and video health shows from Amy Mac.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Have You Seen My Motivation?! 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