What happens when your goals leave you less than inspired?  Do you just give up and think….ah well I tried!

I've been feeling it a little bit lately with my daily walks. I know it's great for my health, I know it'll make me feel great once I've done it, it's great to out into the fresh air and get the blood pumping.  Whilst I know all of this, it just hasn't been enough to get me out the door lately.

This is when I discovered using your priorities to achieve your goals. So my goal is to walk every day and be healthy.  When that doesn't work then I turn to my priorities.  One of my key priorities is to ensure that my mind is clear and fresh every day in order to be at my optimal mental state to create great things at work.  So over the past week or two, instead of going through the whole – it'll be healthy for me to do this, I've been thinking that if I don't go for a walk then I won't be mind fresh to deal with my day and it's worked a charm.

Another activity that I've incorporated into my daily walk is listening to my audible.com audio book by Shawn Achor – The Happiness Advantage.  I LOVE this book and will take any chance I get to listen to it.  So not only am I getting my daily work out, resetting my mind to be creative and clear but I also get an hour of listening to Shawn tell me fascinating things about how the way we think can create ongoing happiness in our lives.

My walk is now one of the most important hours in my day.  Why?  Because I've loaded with benefits.  It ticks my health and well-being box, my creative and clear mind box as well as my enjoyment listening to a book a love!

When you find yourself unmotivated to get something done then try and think of what else you can add to the equation to boost your interest in the task and put and new and fresh motivational spin on it to get you revved up and rearing to go.