So as you can tell by the title, I am going to give you some tips on, you guessed it, doing things. Now, there are several ways to "do something," especially since there are many things you can do, like reading, cooking, petting a cat, and my personal favorite, cooking while finishing a book while petting a cat. But what about the bigger things? The more long term things? The things that seem to be easy to start, but hard to continue? That's what i'm going to be focusing on.
Exactly 13 days ago, I decided that I need to learn Spanish, and I needed to do it right then, so that's what I did. I decided that every day I was going to study for 10 minutes, and I was going to be somewhat fluent within a year. Man, was I wrong. I managed to keep up a 10 day streak, and the reason that ended was that I was traveling. It has been proven that it is pretty hard to practice your Spanish while traveling.
This is an example of finding your limits. It has been made clear that it can be hard to make time for Spanish while traveling, so I now give myself more freedom when it comes to traveling. I am also thinking of only practicing on weekdays, and never practicing over 10 minutes a day. Yes, practicing daily for hours at a time will get you there faster, but it can be extremely hard to keep up. You need to find your breaking point, where you are strongest, and what is easy for you, and schedule around those variables.
Another thing I have been doing is writing a novel, I originally wanted to write a chapter every other day, and that ship crashed very quickly. It has been a month and a half, and I only have 2 chapters down. This isn't because I pushed myself too far, but because I ran out of motivation, therefore I gave up. If a lack of motivation is the reason you quit something, and you can't seem to push past that, maybe it's time to pick something else up instead.
So some tips to be successful on doing that thing you want to do are finding your limits and sticking to your schedules, even if you don't want to. These two things are vital to completing a long term goal, wether it be training for a marathon or starting a tomato garden.
Thank you for reading, please click or tap that like button if you enjoyed, and have a better then average day!
Exactly 13 days ago, I decided that I need to learn Spanish, and I needed to do it right then, so that's what I did. I decided that every day I was going to study for 10 minutes, and I was going to be somewhat fluent within a year. Man, was I wrong. I managed to keep up a 10 day streak, and the reason that ended was that I was traveling. It has been proven that it is pretty hard to practice your Spanish while traveling.
This is an example of finding your limits. It has been made clear that it can be hard to make time for Spanish while traveling, so I now give myself more freedom when it comes to traveling. I am also thinking of only practicing on weekdays, and never practicing over 10 minutes a day. Yes, practicing daily for hours at a time will get you there faster, but it can be extremely hard to keep up. You need to find your breaking point, where you are strongest, and what is easy for you, and schedule around those variables.
Another thing I have been doing is writing a novel, I originally wanted to write a chapter every other day, and that ship crashed very quickly. It has been a month and a half, and I only have 2 chapters down. This isn't because I pushed myself too far, but because I ran out of motivation, therefore I gave up. If a lack of motivation is the reason you quit something, and you can't seem to push past that, maybe it's time to pick something else up instead.
So some tips to be successful on doing that thing you want to do are finding your limits and sticking to your schedules, even if you don't want to. These two things are vital to completing a long term goal, wether it be training for a marathon or starting a tomato garden.
Thank you for reading, please click or tap that like button if you enjoyed, and have a better then average day!
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