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How to stay motivated?

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Sometimes I just have a wave of motivation to do something and I really want to keep this motivation (especially if it's something that takes a lot of time or creating a routine), but the motivation is gone real quick. Any tips on how to keep it?

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Alpakka123

Good question that I wish I had ideas for.

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catsrock

What helps me is breaking things down into super small steps and checking them off as I go. Also giving myself some kind of reward - like work on something, then do something more fun, and repeat.

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