I lost my momentum
and ohhh it was not pretty
Last week, I took a few days off to go camping with my son and his boy scouts pack.
I had a great time and would trade nothing for the experience.
During the “pack time” I didn’t post anything on my blog.
I didn’t check my website stats or reply to any email.
Now, after the campfire died and the fun was over, guess what happened to me?
I lost my momentum.
I, like you; find it difficult to restart my engine and get back to work.
I don’t feel as motivated as before the break.
We have all had that experience, of wanting to stay on “vacation”.
Losing momentum is not a good thing.
The fact is you need to work doubly hard to get back the motivation.
And that’s where most people fail.
One of the main reasons people fail to stick to their plans, goals, or projects is because they lose their momentum to follow through.
You may not like to listen to this, but it is a fact: You can’t stop. You can slow down but you can’t stop.
If you want to achieve success in life, you need to stick to your plan and do something every day. Day-in and day-out.
No matter how small the action is, you need to do something each day to maintain your momentum.
Imagine both you and I take a plane and fly from Manhattan to Los Angeles, but you decided to stop at every state in between while I fly straight.
Now, even if you fly 500 miles per hour and I only travel at 200 miles per hour, I’d still beat you by a big margin.
The time and energy it takes for you to repeatedly stop and start and get back to momentum make your trip at least 10x as long.
The amount of “fuel” you will burn from take-off to landing to taking off again will consume 80% more of the resources I would use flying direct.
The lesson here is that no matter what you do or what you want to accomplish in your life, try to maintain your momentum by being consistent.
Yes, you can slow down. And yes, you can rest. But make sure you don’t stop.
Try to take action every day, even if they are just small and tiny actions.
For example, if you have committed to exercising daily but you can’t do so when you travel, try to scale down your exercise plan.
Like, if you usually exercise for 30 minutes every day and you can’t do so when you’re traveling, try to scale down and exercise for just 10 minutes when you travel.
If you do 50 push-ups every day, there will be days when you can’t follow through.
So, what should you do? Scale it down.
Do only 10 or 20 push-ups.
That’s how you be consistent and maintain your momentum.
I have learned my lesson.
Stay in the flow and build systems to help maintain the flow
