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Here’s what I did to cope
There’s no magic potion for dealing with a lack of motivation when you have obligations and goals. Most of the time, all you can do sometimes is get straight to work and ignore the downward emotions.
Here’s the thing about our feelings: they’re misleading and unproductive. Not all of them, of course, but many of them.
If you woke up this morning, that’s something to be grateful for, but let’s be real, sometimes the gratitude trick doesn’t work, and we still feel like sh*t.
Don’t worry about it. Just get to work. The feelings will pass.
Motivation will come and go. Never depend on it.
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