I'm feeling a bit demotivated to do the things I need to do. Just checking in to validate any of your own experiences with demotivation...and trying to hold myself accountable and motivate myself to get things done.
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Unknown:
Welcome. Welcome to Demotivation Station.
[00:00:04] Unknown:
I am recording this minisode with the hopes that it will help motivate me to do the things I need to do right now, this week, this month, the next couple of months. I have to say I've been feeling somewhat demotivated, but, also, I am full of anticipation and excitement for potential things in my life right now, which I'll I'll, like, briefly get into. But I'm also recording this to just validate your experience if you are currently feeling demotivated because there's a great quote that goes, you will not always be motivated, therefore, you must be disciplined. And that's very true. No human is constantly motivated throughout their lifetime. That is impossible.
But discipline is what helps us do the things we need to do and be productive and accomplish things, which we'll get to in a moment, the discipline piece. But for me, right now, like, I literally just, like, started typing up a list of things that I realize I'm, like, excited about, but also nervous about. But also it requires work and action and effort on my part. So I'm also, like, being a bit stagnant about in some ways. So just like as a brief overview, I've started working out almost daily, doing a circuit training class, and I'm seeing the results, and I'm feeling stronger. And And it's, I've never worked out like this in my life before. I'm gaining muscles. I have biceps and triceps and all that good stuff.
You know, apologize to my friends, on my personal Instagram and Facebook because they've been bombarded with, gym girly stuff, which is not usually my vibe. But now it is my vibe because I'm having fun. I'm I am enjoying this workout experience way more than I thought I would because I'm not a gym person, to be clear. Like, going on the treadmill, going to the gym every day lifting weights, that type of thing does not appeal to me, at least not at this time in my life. But doing these circuit training classes, I very much like it. It's thirty minutes. It's done. It's over with. I work hard. There's good music, and then I'm done for the day. So that's been my thing.
I'm also going through, like, significant money transformations. And I since I started this podcast, I've intended to have some sort of, like, episode about finances from a perspective of someone who is by no means a financial expert and by no means has all her financial shit together. That ain't me. But who is going through that process as a single mom, small business owner, has big dreams of financial abundance and building generational wealth for her children and family. So this time so I haven't recorded that episode yet, but it's worked out well that I haven't because I am currently going through some potential big significant financial shifts. Like, I'm doing some very active work on my finances, trying to save for retirement and stuff like that. But also to another thing that is on my list that I am anticipating, excited about, but not sure where it's going to go is I've started interviewing for jobs to work as, a clinician in, like, an agency, a mental health agency, which would mean pulling back a bit on my private practice and working more of a nine to five type of job, which is a big shift for me since, like, 2017.
I've been in some form of my own practice and therefore had a flexible schedule, and I just I don't even know. So that's happening, and it's like, you know, obviously, it's the interview process, and it's still waiting to hear back. And it's the fact that my life and my schedule will significantly change, and my schedule with my kids will significantly change and things like that. And that could all happen within the next next month. So there's that. I have, been, given the opportunity to write a couple of articles. I am not a writer. I am a talker. I am a speaker, which is why YouTube and podcast and Instagram are my things. It's much easier for me to just show up and talk about it than to write about it.
I know I can do it, and I will do it, and I'm super excited. This is a a new path for me, but I'm also, like, nervous and anxious about it and a bit paralyzed. So, like, going into, like, all the things that writers talk about, whether they write books or articles or whatever and, like, okay. I'm getting a tiny, tiny taste of it, and I and I'm not even a writer. I just anyway, I need to record more podcast episodes. Up until this point of the podcast, I these episodes have been recorded weeks in advance. Like, when I started the podcast, I just went in heavy. I had a bunch of stuff on my mind that I wanted to talk about in regards to breakups, dating, and stress management. And I still have a bunch of ideas, but I just have not actually sat down to record them. So, yeah, I need to get some more episodes, ready, and then they have to be edited and scheduled.
And then there's just my therapy practice, just continuing to run that. That's my bread and butter. That's the work I do. And then there's, the school year starting for my older son that's happening in, like, what, two weeks. We also leave for a trip to Rhode Island tomorrow. Probably a future podcast episode to come on that. What else is there? I am dating with a full roster for the first time in my life. So that's also going on, and I'm just, you know, learning I'm meeting different people and and learning more about what I want and like and need and don't want and don't like and don't need. And all of this is all happening at the same time and, honestly, has, like, particularly exploded, like, towards, like, the beginning of this month of August that we are in.
So yeah. I yeah. I so I've been, like I think there's so much that I'm anticipating and that I'm excited about that it it has also been somewhat overwhelming, and I realize I'm going through a bit of of, like, paralysis around it. And so this is just me checking in saying, you know, if you're experiencing any of this, I hear you. I see you. I feel you. And even as somebody who gives a lot of guidance to people and advice to people around how to manage stress, anxiety, etcetera, etcetera, of course, I still experience it. And, oftentimes, you know, may, suck a little bit at taking my own advice.
And, actually, I won't even say that. Like, a a big part of my own advice around managing these things is, in a nutshell, self care. And that, I am actually a stickler about in my life, and I have to be in order to function as both a therapist and a mom and a human and a friend and a family member and, you know, all these different things. So that I actually have leaned in pretty to pretty well. I've been watching more TV, which so many people oftentimes are trying to do the opposite of that, but, like, I rarely get to watch TV and, like, binge shows. So it's a big deal for me, and it is a great form of self care when I actually allow myself to sit down and watch an hour, two hours, three hours.
Netflix can't shame me. They can keep asking me all day if I'm still watching. Yes. I'm eight hours in, and I'm enjoying it. And I earned this, and I deserve. So on that note, I've been doing more of that because Succession ended, which I loved. And I was sad that it ended, and I was like, okay. What else? And so I went into somebody somewhere on HBO, so I'm pretty much done the HBO rabbit hole. I I finally watched White Lotus both seasons. I returned to Righteous Gemstones. I'm on season two. So I need to also do season three, and that's kind of where I am right now. And, of course, Sex and the City is, like, an ongoing thing, but I haven't watched, like, I don't know, three or four the last three or four episodes. So I'm excited, to, like, really lean into that. That's a whole, like, one of these weeks coming up when I don't have either of my children with me, and I can just have some wine.
And I can just, like, settle in and watch hours of Sex and the City. That that is my dream, my dream life, except that on a yacht. Then yeah. Perfect. But, to this whole idea of discipline because we will not always be motivated, therefore, we must be disciplined, that's real, which is really just like the routines we put in place to make things happen in our lives. So for me, I'm realizing I need to, buckle down, and I need to, use my planner like I talk with people about using all the time and take my to do list and break it up into smaller pieces and literally schedule each piece on my calendar somewhere, on, like, a daily calendar where the time where the day is broken down into time slots.
I'm realizing that I need to, like, circle back around to that. And I do some form of that every day because I use my focus planner, which is great about allowing you to break things down into smaller pieces. But I need to be very deliberate about, like, okay. For the rest of the month of August, how are you where are you making the time to record podcast episodes to edit and schedule them? Where are you making time to, go on dates and go on the apps, and engage. Where are you, making time for yourself? Where are you making time for you and your kids? And some of this is already happening. Like, me, my mom, and my two boys are traveling to Rhode Island, so that's some good family time, and some good self care because I love to travel. But, also, as I would talk about in the future podcast episode, it is a trip, not a vacation. Because when you take kids and you are in charge of keeping them alive, that's not really a vacation. But it is a trip, and it will be fun.
But I also am, looking forward to giving myself a last hoorah weekend in a couple of weeks. Yeah. In a week or so. A last hoorah for the summer weekend for myself to just relax. But, anyway, this has been me rambling a bit about my own lack of motivation right now, although there's a lot of excitement and anticipation. So I'm hoping this is my kick in the butt to get on top of my stuff. And, hopefully, this is helpful in any way if you're going through your own demotivation. If you are parked in Demotivation Station as well, let's, let's try to to both get out of it together. I'm I'm trying to leave Demotivation Station. Okay? This is me, like, slowly, you know, chugging out, okay, if my train is, you know, I don't know, the the the get shit done mobile.
I don't know, guys. My point is is that I need to slowly make my way out of Demotivation Station, and here is one of my first attempts at doing so. This is my accountability episode. Okay? If you listen to this anytime in the near future, check-in on me and ask me, have I been doing what I need to be doing? You can email me. You can DM me on Instagram. You can leave a question or comment on this episode, whatever you wanna do. But I I need some accountability right now. So wishing you the best in your own motivation levels. And remember, even if you are not motivated, let's put some routines in place to be disciplined.
[00:11:41] Unknown:
Hey. By the way, I can be found in other places besides this podcast. Just search my name on YouTube, and you'll find my channel. Subscribe for periodic how to videos for dealing with breakups and mastering dating. That's right. I said mastering dating. It's a skill, ladies. I can also be found on Instagram at tracypenock. And lastly, ly, I most encourage you to join my email list where you get breakup and dating support delivered to your inbox. In addition to getting the most exclusive access to my programs and coaching services, my email list subscribers are the first to know when my coaching programs launch and the only people to get discounts when they're offered. As always, I'm glad we got into it and looking forward to next time.
Welcome. Welcome to Demotivation Station.
[00:00:04] Unknown:
I am recording this minisode with the hopes that it will help motivate me to do the things I need to do right now, this week, this month, the next couple of months. I have to say I've been feeling somewhat demotivated, but, also, I am full of anticipation and excitement for potential things in my life right now, which I'll I'll, like, briefly get into. But I'm also recording this to just validate your experience if you are currently feeling demotivated because there's a great quote that goes, you will not always be motivated, therefore, you must be disciplined. And that's very true. No human is constantly motivated throughout their lifetime. That is impossible.
But discipline is what helps us do the things we need to do and be productive and accomplish things, which we'll get to in a moment, the discipline piece. But for me, right now, like, I literally just, like, started typing up a list of things that I realize I'm, like, excited about, but also nervous about. But also it requires work and action and effort on my part. So I'm also, like, being a bit stagnant about in some ways. So just like as a brief overview, I've started working out almost daily, doing a circuit training class, and I'm seeing the results, and I'm feeling stronger. And And it's, I've never worked out like this in my life before. I'm gaining muscles. I have biceps and triceps and all that good stuff.
You know, apologize to my friends, on my personal Instagram and Facebook because they've been bombarded with, gym girly stuff, which is not usually my vibe. But now it is my vibe because I'm having fun. I'm I am enjoying this workout experience way more than I thought I would because I'm not a gym person, to be clear. Like, going on the treadmill, going to the gym every day lifting weights, that type of thing does not appeal to me, at least not at this time in my life. But doing these circuit training classes, I very much like it. It's thirty minutes. It's done. It's over with. I work hard. There's good music, and then I'm done for the day. So that's been my thing.
I'm also going through, like, significant money transformations. And I since I started this podcast, I've intended to have some sort of, like, episode about finances from a perspective of someone who is by no means a financial expert and by no means has all her financial shit together. That ain't me. But who is going through that process as a single mom, small business owner, has big dreams of financial abundance and building generational wealth for her children and family. So this time so I haven't recorded that episode yet, but it's worked out well that I haven't because I am currently going through some potential big significant financial shifts. Like, I'm doing some very active work on my finances, trying to save for retirement and stuff like that. But also to another thing that is on my list that I am anticipating, excited about, but not sure where it's going to go is I've started interviewing for jobs to work as, a clinician in, like, an agency, a mental health agency, which would mean pulling back a bit on my private practice and working more of a nine to five type of job, which is a big shift for me since, like, 2017.
I've been in some form of my own practice and therefore had a flexible schedule, and I just I don't even know. So that's happening, and it's like, you know, obviously, it's the interview process, and it's still waiting to hear back. And it's the fact that my life and my schedule will significantly change, and my schedule with my kids will significantly change and things like that. And that could all happen within the next next month. So there's that. I have, been, given the opportunity to write a couple of articles. I am not a writer. I am a talker. I am a speaker, which is why YouTube and podcast and Instagram are my things. It's much easier for me to just show up and talk about it than to write about it.
I know I can do it, and I will do it, and I'm super excited. This is a a new path for me, but I'm also, like, nervous and anxious about it and a bit paralyzed. So, like, going into, like, all the things that writers talk about, whether they write books or articles or whatever and, like, okay. I'm getting a tiny, tiny taste of it, and I and I'm not even a writer. I just anyway, I need to record more podcast episodes. Up until this point of the podcast, I these episodes have been recorded weeks in advance. Like, when I started the podcast, I just went in heavy. I had a bunch of stuff on my mind that I wanted to talk about in regards to breakups, dating, and stress management. And I still have a bunch of ideas, but I just have not actually sat down to record them. So, yeah, I need to get some more episodes, ready, and then they have to be edited and scheduled.
And then there's just my therapy practice, just continuing to run that. That's my bread and butter. That's the work I do. And then there's, the school year starting for my older son that's happening in, like, what, two weeks. We also leave for a trip to Rhode Island tomorrow. Probably a future podcast episode to come on that. What else is there? I am dating with a full roster for the first time in my life. So that's also going on, and I'm just, you know, learning I'm meeting different people and and learning more about what I want and like and need and don't want and don't like and don't need. And all of this is all happening at the same time and, honestly, has, like, particularly exploded, like, towards, like, the beginning of this month of August that we are in.
So yeah. I yeah. I so I've been, like I think there's so much that I'm anticipating and that I'm excited about that it it has also been somewhat overwhelming, and I realize I'm going through a bit of of, like, paralysis around it. And so this is just me checking in saying, you know, if you're experiencing any of this, I hear you. I see you. I feel you. And even as somebody who gives a lot of guidance to people and advice to people around how to manage stress, anxiety, etcetera, etcetera, of course, I still experience it. And, oftentimes, you know, may, suck a little bit at taking my own advice.
And, actually, I won't even say that. Like, a a big part of my own advice around managing these things is, in a nutshell, self care. And that, I am actually a stickler about in my life, and I have to be in order to function as both a therapist and a mom and a human and a friend and a family member and, you know, all these different things. So that I actually have leaned in pretty to pretty well. I've been watching more TV, which so many people oftentimes are trying to do the opposite of that, but, like, I rarely get to watch TV and, like, binge shows. So it's a big deal for me, and it is a great form of self care when I actually allow myself to sit down and watch an hour, two hours, three hours.
Netflix can't shame me. They can keep asking me all day if I'm still watching. Yes. I'm eight hours in, and I'm enjoying it. And I earned this, and I deserve. So on that note, I've been doing more of that because Succession ended, which I loved. And I was sad that it ended, and I was like, okay. What else? And so I went into somebody somewhere on HBO, so I'm pretty much done the HBO rabbit hole. I I finally watched White Lotus both seasons. I returned to Righteous Gemstones. I'm on season two. So I need to also do season three, and that's kind of where I am right now. And, of course, Sex and the City is, like, an ongoing thing, but I haven't watched, like, I don't know, three or four the last three or four episodes. So I'm excited, to, like, really lean into that. That's a whole, like, one of these weeks coming up when I don't have either of my children with me, and I can just have some wine.
And I can just, like, settle in and watch hours of Sex and the City. That that is my dream, my dream life, except that on a yacht. Then yeah. Perfect. But, to this whole idea of discipline because we will not always be motivated, therefore, we must be disciplined, that's real, which is really just like the routines we put in place to make things happen in our lives. So for me, I'm realizing I need to, buckle down, and I need to, use my planner like I talk with people about using all the time and take my to do list and break it up into smaller pieces and literally schedule each piece on my calendar somewhere, on, like, a daily calendar where the time where the day is broken down into time slots.
I'm realizing that I need to, like, circle back around to that. And I do some form of that every day because I use my focus planner, which is great about allowing you to break things down into smaller pieces. But I need to be very deliberate about, like, okay. For the rest of the month of August, how are you where are you making the time to record podcast episodes to edit and schedule them? Where are you making time to, go on dates and go on the apps, and engage. Where are you, making time for yourself? Where are you making time for you and your kids? And some of this is already happening. Like, me, my mom, and my two boys are traveling to Rhode Island, so that's some good family time, and some good self care because I love to travel. But, also, as I would talk about in the future podcast episode, it is a trip, not a vacation. Because when you take kids and you are in charge of keeping them alive, that's not really a vacation. But it is a trip, and it will be fun.
But I also am, looking forward to giving myself a last hoorah weekend in a couple of weeks. Yeah. In a week or so. A last hoorah for the summer weekend for myself to just relax. But, anyway, this has been me rambling a bit about my own lack of motivation right now, although there's a lot of excitement and anticipation. So I'm hoping this is my kick in the butt to get on top of my stuff. And, hopefully, this is helpful in any way if you're going through your own demotivation. If you are parked in Demotivation Station as well, let's, let's try to to both get out of it together. I'm I'm trying to leave Demotivation Station. Okay? This is me, like, slowly, you know, chugging out, okay, if my train is, you know, I don't know, the the the get shit done mobile.
I don't know, guys. My point is is that I need to slowly make my way out of Demotivation Station, and here is one of my first attempts at doing so. This is my accountability episode. Okay? If you listen to this anytime in the near future, check-in on me and ask me, have I been doing what I need to be doing? You can email me. You can DM me on Instagram. You can leave a question or comment on this episode, whatever you wanna do. But I I need some accountability right now. So wishing you the best in your own motivation levels. And remember, even if you are not motivated, let's put some routines in place to be disciplined.
[00:11:41] Unknown:
Hey. By the way, I can be found in other places besides this podcast. Just search my name on YouTube, and you'll find my channel. Subscribe for periodic how to videos for dealing with breakups and mastering dating. That's right. I said mastering dating. It's a skill, ladies. I can also be found on Instagram at tracypenock. And lastly, ly, I most encourage you to join my email list where you get breakup and dating support delivered to your inbox. In addition to getting the most exclusive access to my programs and coaching services, my email list subscribers are the first to know when my coaching programs launch and the only people to get discounts when they're offered. As always, I'm glad we got into it and looking forward to next time.
