How I combat burnout…

This blog post is about how I battle a chronic lack of motivation with an overwhelming sense of urgency to succeed.

What a dichotomy. I am incredibly driven yet incredibly unmotivated at the same time.

There are days even weeks where nothing can stop me. You’ll find me up at 6AM, in a matching workout set and running shoes, ready to bolt down the beach. There I’ll find a nice bench and meditate till the sound of the ocean puts me at ease and I’m ready to take on the day. I’ll stretch, do some yoga, then run home to make a delicious egg scramble with toast and read a chapter of Tim Ferris’s personal development book, “The 4 Hour Workweek.”

But this isn’t my everyday…

Other days you’ll find me in a ball…in bed… watching youtube videos. So many youtube videos…

Have you ever heard of the Walsh family? They’re hilarious and my guilty pleasure procrastination mechanism. I can lay in bed for hours not realizing it simply watching youtube videos of this family argue about who the dumbest sibling is. Is that really information I needed? No. Did I enjoy it in the moment? Most definitely.

And while I enjoyed those mindless hours of watching these siblings and their friends fight in sumo suits covered in peanut butter I come to regret it shortly thereafter. I could have completed so many tasks in that time, yet I chose to do nothing… Of course we all have those days where we feel so fried there’s nothing else our brains can consume other than Reality TV where Brad hooks up with Christy while he’s seeing Rebecca on Love Island it shouldn’t become a routine. The problem is I don’t realize it until I’ve wasted weeks even months watching TV as opposed to pursuing my goals.

I’ve definitely gotten better over the years. I used to let the guilt overwhelm me and force me to focus on the important things in life. And yet the problem remained, I was unmotivated, uninspired, and utterly hopeless. I didn’t know what to do or how to jumpstart myself out of this mindless rut I was in.

Until one day it suddenly made sense. I needed to remind myself why I started this blog in the first place and how I got here. I needed to re-inspire and re-teach myself to create. I knew what I needed to do. I immediately turned back to my journal where it all started a year ago.

I starting journaling in September of 2020. I wouldn’t write about my day or my emotions but about my thoughts. About what I was saw in the world and why I was curious and or excited about it. Once I looked back and read the pages I wrote it all made sense. I was reminded of that spark, that inspiration, and love for life and everything in between I once felt. Suddenly I was enamored by the world again, ready and able to document how I found it unique and all I had explored of it.

While it took me some time and ruts like mine are unavoidable, if you truly love writing you always will find a way to pick up the pen again. And while this isn’t my best work, I wanted to share my process, my journey with blogging. The ups and downs, highs and lows. It isn’t always sunshine and daisies chasing waterfalls in Costa Rica. Some day’s it’s simply picking yourself up out of bed and reminding yourself why you began in the first place.

Here I am now after weeks of procrastination and a lack of motivation once again in love with this passion I have. This passion to explore and document my exploration. While this is only the beginning of my creative journey into blogging I am hopeful it’ll turn into much more than a passion.

Adventure is my life. So why not share how I got here and where I hope to go.