Steemit Engagement Challenge (SEC)| S12W2- "Self Motivation"

starrchris (74)Member/150SP Del.in Steem4Nigeria • last year

Good evening friends,

Motivation is a very powerful character that can lead any man to any height no matter the challenge, always keep it in mind that everyone get demotivated at some point of their life. So therefore.

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What do you think causes people to lose their motivation in life?

As human so many things can lead to depression and lose of motivation, it's actually nomally to lose motivation because things don't always go our way. As for me one main reason i lose motivation is when i work so hard on something but i don't see anything to show for it.

Losing is actually painful especially when you had 100% trust in your productiviy or output, in other words disappoinment can cause lose kf motivation.

Fear: the act of losing confident or been scared have really demoralized a lot of people, this lack of confidence gives them make them feel the can't do it or they don't worth it or there are scared of running on loss. The moment that fear is broken and courage is full summoned they become so motivated to do the impossible.

Disappointment: This is the process whereby our trust in someone or somebody is lost, when too much hope and believe is given to someone or something then tends to lose that motivation.

High expectations: having high hopes on something tends to be another reason why people loss motivation, so at time it's expected that we don't put all trust or hope in things of the world.

Have you been discouraged or depressed before? How did you handle it

Yes, i have experienced discouragement and depression. The most recent case was on Sunday when i was graded for my engagement challenge in crypto academy, i took so much time, energy and resources to create my entry for the contest.

I spent not less than 8 hours writing the entry, at the end it was total of 1800 words while most entry was roughly 1200 words. What pained me most was the fact i was scored (8) which was lower than many users post, the prof said i needed to explain deeply in some questions and i was like what else did he want from me.

I was so sad that i didn't create any post till today, i had the feeling my hardwork was all in vain. I just kept it in mind that the prof was just doing his work, he has been a good prof and i don't have anything against him.

I listen to music: when i had that feeling, i picked up my headset and i started playing my favorite music, i played it on repeat until i reduced the depressed feeling. Music or movie has proven to help me calm as the help me reduce thinking.

I sleep off: sleeping off have proven to really helped me chill my nerves and anger because when i sleep i forget everything i have been experiencing. I would also advise everyone to also use this method 🙂.

Say positive things: I do encourage myself whenever i am discouraged or depressed, i would tell myself i can do better and i am to strong to give up now. I would always let me try ine more time until i emerge victorious.

I pray: i always believe God has solution to all our problem and he can console ever boken hearts, so whenever i can't do it my self i go to him in prayers to guide, assist and support me.

Is self-motivation a good practice? Explain

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Yes, it's very important ee encourage ourselves because noone can do it better than ourselves. If you can't motivate yourself, all these motivation speech would be worthless to you. Its only you that knows how you feel internally so its high time you challenge your self and work harder.

We as humans must face ups and downs and its up to ourself whenever we go down, i believe this down times really determine our future. That's to say whenever we face challenges that causes depression, this challenges marks a new beginning in our lives.

If not of self motivation i won't be where i am now, i always take depression as trial that needs to be overcome to see greater things. I always have it in mind no matter the challenge i would always emerge victorious.

On Steemit what keeps you motivated

From the very first day i joined steemit, I have always believed in steemit and i know it would achieve much more success and that's why i always get motivated to work harder despite the outcome.

Steemit have been a great project and it would be a greater project so therefore i always want to be part of steemians who saw steemit through it's trial period to when steemit would rise back to the top as one of the most valuable asset in the world.

Another thing that gives me motivation is my friends in steemit, the might not no but the inspired me a lot, i really want to thank all my friends on steemit both active and inactive for their inspiration.

In Conclusion

I want to remind everyone to remain motivated because its not over until its over, depression is only a killer of destiny and goal so therefore we are expected to work harder because there is always light at the end of the tunnel