How do you keep yourself motivated?

[eggsarascal]

Working on your own everyday is torture, some days the only people I speak to (at work) are the reception staff on sites. I have to keep hold of my mo jo or depression sets in, then it's a right battle to sort myself out.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

45 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

I avoid working for friends and family as much as possible.

Best approach (across all jobs!)

 

 

[Vespasian]

A change is as good as a rest..........    perhaps when you hit the wall, do something different..

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

45 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

I avoid working for friends and family as much as possible.

Best approach (across all jobs!)

 

 

[forestboy1978]

2 hours ago, Yournamehere said:

Looked out the window.

Gave m'self the day off.

Put the kettle on.

Re-reading Tansley's 'Britains Green Mantle'

Happy Days!

Me neither. Gotta work Sunday though. ?

[Matthew Storrs]

2 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Working on your own everyday is torture, some days the only people I speak to (at work) are the reception staff on sites. I have to keep hold of my mo jo or depression sets in, then it's a right battle to sort myself out.

This- definitely hard to keep it going over the winter months when there’s no one to share the strain/problems with or just to laugh at stuff. I work in remote areas on my own and often don’t even see the customer. My wife (bless her) tries to listen any problems when I get home but in fairness she has her own stuff to deal with. So in short working solo and having depressing weather on top, trudging through jobs just to keep things afloat can be  be a recipe for loneliness/depression/lack of motivation. There’s always someone worse off of course and the main thing I find is to make sure there’s always something in your life to look forwards to- holiday/nice evening out/going to visit friends/family etc. Make little breaks in your day to look forwards to- I always bring nice coffee and cakes with me. Just the thought of that at the next break will get me through the next few hours and so on... 

[woodwizzard]

Didn't need to look out of the window this morning to know it wasn't going to happen. Spent the day in the shed tinkering on the motorbike.

[woodwizzard]

28 minutes ago, Big J said:

Ya big girls blouse! I was up in Dulverton today dropping off firewood for my wife's aunt and uncle and it wasn't that bad! ?

 

So lets get this right. You sat inside a dry van and then sat inside the house, in the dry, having a brew whilst poor auntie unloaded logs in the rain  ?

 

 

[william127]

On 07/12/2018 at 16:22, woodwizzard said:

Didn't need to look out of the window this morning to know it wasn't going to happen. Spent the day in the shed tinkering on the motorbike.

I have loads of stuff to tinker with in dry sheds with the radio going but days I have set aside for that can be my least motivated??  And these are the things I'm supposed to enjoy! 

But last Wednesday I had to litter pick a blackthorn thicket that I couldn't walk through to 5 meters deep from the edge, using a hook on a pole!! It was pissing down, I had been on a big job all the weekend before and was shattered Tuesday night, I should have finished the litter picking on the first day on site but didn't so I was technically working for nothing- all the conditions to make you completely demotivated!!!

But I was there at 7 in the morning, happily picking by torchlight and by the time the small skip arrived at 8:30 I was 3/4s done! 

There's just no rhyme or reason to it as they say!!?

[Haironyourchest]

I've been binge listening to addiction "Intervention" episodes on YouTube on my portable speaker while I work. Makes working in the rain and wind, in the dark, a holiday by comparison to some people's lives. It really works!