So if you couldn’t already tell I have been feeling quite down lately. I am currently gaining back my self-confidence that I lost due to my situation. Having surrounded myself with good friends and isolating myself with my music in my incredibly loud ear-buds on the bus, I have reconquered my self-confidence and am glad to say I have not let this defeat me and put my future in jeopardy. Inspiring yourself to do greater things in life is possibly the hardest things you’ll do in your life, but by believing in yourself you can overcome any challenge or obstacle life will throw your way. I am in no way a motivational speaker but i do intend to help motivate the unmotivated, the uninspired, the depressed and the underdogs. So grab a seat and cue the motivational music.
There are many ways to become motivated after you lost your self-confidence…Some ways work, others dont. So hopefully these tips will help you become the best you can be.
First things first, to truly regain your self-confidence you must spend some time truly alone. Now I am not saying a month and i am not saying a week either. Just a couple of hours completely alone, away from any interactions (so turn off that cell phone, that laptop and that ipad). During this time you can do anything really, you can play music (if your a musician), you can play video games (single player) or even you can just watch your favorite show. Just do something you enjoy doing alone and just breathe and reflect on what you’ve been through and where you are psychologically. What do i mean by “reflect on where you are psychologically”? Well it means to think about how you have changed as a person after going through all this. You can ask yourself if you are as motivated as you were before the incident? Or maybe have you been angry recently, or even depressive ? Do you feel like you hate yourself or everyone around you ? Maybe even you feel like your not yourself anymore. By asking yourself these questions, you’ll begin to understand where you are psychologically and that means you’ll begin to understand how you changed in the past few days, weeks, months. Now from there you can do one of two things, you can either to be this person you know you aren’t or you can revert back to the person you were before shit hit the fan (pardon the expression). To do this you must cleanse yourself from all the emotions that are stopping you from doing these changes. This is where the alone time comes in handy, at this time put away the controller, pencil, guitar or whatever you were doing and stand up. Now standing, breathe deep breaths and hold them for a couple of seconds and then release (3-5 seconds is good). Now take a really deep breathe and this time scream as loud as you can, releasing all this anger, sorrow and depression. Now, do it again but this time scream longer. Finally do it once more making sure you scream out all your frustrations out of your system.
As you finish the screaming exercise, you should grab a drink of water to ensure you don’t lose your voice the next day. At this time grab a nice and tasty snack. Maybe its your favorite snack or maybe it’s the first thing you could grab, doesn’t matter really just as long as you eat something to get the energy you need. From here resume what you were doing before for how long you feel necessary, to help you return to the person you were before you lost all motivation or drive in your life. This means you must fight yourself and ignore all that has happened and move on in your life. If there is someone who can push through this it is you! So let go and have no regret for anything for you are a phoenix and you will rise from the ashes of hate, depression and sorrow and emerge the better person you know you are. Listen to empowering songs like Simple Plan-Last One Standing or even Eminem’s Till I Collapse. These songs are among many songs about rising above hate and not giving up. So don’t give up and be the strongest you can be. You are strong! You are powerful and not weak! Use your strength to walk by them and not even give them the time to even listen to them.
That sums up my self-motivation speech, i hope you have found this helpful or will find it helpful when you’ll need it (hopefully you won’t need it). Click the speech bubble beside the title of this article to add your comments and thoughts about my methods and let me know if you tried this how it helped you. I would love to know if it helped you at all and if you have become stronger let me know! ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LOOKING OUT FOR YOU OUT THERE NO MATTER WHAT!
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