Steemit Engagement Challenge (SEC)| S12W22- Self Motivation

Good day to you all!

It’s such a great opportunity to participate in this contest. I hope many others can join this contest and share their ideas on what they think about self-motivation. I invite @imuniru38@muka and @kataali to join in this contest.

What do you think causes people to lose their motivation in life?
Motivation is a feeling of enthusiasm about something or a feeling of determination to do something. And that is something most people lack. In this life it is good when one has a motivation. Having a motivation helps you to be able to achieve your dreams and aspiration. Most people lack motivation due to many reasons and factors. Some of which are:

1. Lack of self-discipline; Most people do not have the ability to control What they do and what they shouldn’t do. They do not plan their daily life well neither do they have plans for the future. They feel like the future is far away forgetting that the future is today so what you do today affect your tomorrow
2. Fear; Others too have a lot of fear in them which prevents them from trying new things. They are not able to take risk in life and keep on being stuck at the same place their whole lives.
3. Bad company; Most of the things we do in this life are influenced by the people around us. If we have people around us who never speak well of us or encourage us to do stuffs or even help us to boost the confidence we have in our self we will never move on in life.

Have you been discouraged or depressed before? How did you handle it.
Yes. I have. In the university. I was nominated by my friends to take part in an awards night for the most eloquent student award. That was a very difficult task because whoever would win this award would have to get more than 500votes. I didn't believe I could win this because the winner would just depend on vote not our capabilities. But I took part still. We were just two contestants for that award. As the date of closing got nearer my heart could not just stop pounding because she was far ahead of me. I nearly gave up because the gap she gave me was too wide and I didnt want to disgrace myself any further. On the day the voting was supposed to end, I nearly quit but my friends told me to hang on and I did. When I oped my voting portal I was shocked to see that I was in lead. Just now that she was leading and I nearly gave up. That have me a little hope. But I still had to be careful. A few seconds till voting was closed she took lead again and unfortunately fore I couldn't vote again because voting had ended. I didnt know what happened and all of a sudden I stated crying. Why? Because it hurt Soo much. I just knew I deserved that award. But someone else got it. I was so sad and down hearted that I didn't want to talk to anybody. It even affected my studies because I felt I was incompetent and couldn't do anything right. My eating habit became poor that I was down with sickness. My close friends was the one that help me pull through. He spoke with me and advised me not to loose hope and that my time will surely come to shine. Little by little I was able to come out from that hole I had dug for myself. I still won an award tho but next time I'm aiming for first place.

Is self-motivation a good practice? Explain.
Yes it is. Self-motivation is where a person believes in him/herself and is determined to achieve something. Why do I say it’s a good thing? Anybody who is self-motivated is able to achieve their dreams without hesitation. Why? Because they don’t need people to tell them they can succeed in life. They tell themselves, believe in themselves and they are able to achieve it. At the same time they are self-confident and self-discipline. They also have respect for themselves. They know when to keep going and when to give up. So it’s a good practice to always self-motivate ourselves other than waiting for people to say it.

On steemit what keeps you motivated.
This is not an easy question for me to answer. Actually a close friend of mine introduced me to steemit and when I first heard about it all I could say was “I will get money”. Until I stated reading people contest entry. I like for a fact that people are always ready to share whatever is on their mind and what goes on in their daily life. What keeps me motivated is the fact that people like to read what I write and they appreciate it and it brings me joy and encourages me to continue to do what I do best. That is to write.

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