Motion Creates Emotion 3 Simple Ways To Break Your Pattern

Motion Creates Emotion 3 Simple Ways To Break Your Pattern Its difficult to roll out of bed some days. Sometimes you just dont feel motivated: You dont want to create. You dont want to contribute. You dont want to do anything. Sometimes youd rather sit passively in front of the television and watch the world progress without you. We know, it happens to us, too. Sometimes we procrastinate or we simply dont feel like doing something. But then we do three things that allow us to break our pattern and take action. Good news, theyre all pretty easy: 1. Accountability Partners.  Together, your two authors,  exercise with each other five days a  week. It helps to have someone else there to make sure we show up when we need to show up and to make sure we give it a little extra effort each time. Who is your accountability partner? It can be via phone, in person, or even email or text. Get one. 2. Take the First Step. We tend to put things off, especially boring or mundane tasks (doing the dishes, laundry, writing, etc.), but if we take the first step, we get momentum and we are much more likely to complete the task. Sometimes we just need to take that first stepâ€"as difficult as that might seem at timesâ€"and the rest falls in line. 3. Change Your State. If we dont feel like getting up or doing anything, we will drastically change our physiology (go for a walk, do push-ups, change our breathing, run as fast as we can for 30 seconds, etc.). Motion creates emotion. These three things will get you moving in the right direction. Subscribe to The Minimalists via email.