{"id":76360,"date":"2022-08-19T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T22:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/?page_id=76360"},"modified":"2023-04-03T01:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:15:28","slug":"if-youre-not-motivated-read-this-by-molly-patrick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/love-letters\/if-youre-not-motivated-read-this-by-molly-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re not motivated, read this by Molly Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 13, 2022 by Molly Patrick<\/p>\n<h1>\n\t\tIf you&#8217;re not motivated, read this\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>You don&#8217;t need motivation to do what you said you would do.<\/p>\n<p>You need grit. Fortitude. Tenacity.<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not always going to be easy. Doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>You aren&#8217;t always going to feel like doing it. That&#8217;s irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it will feel like trudging through mud uphill, sopping wet while carrying giant adult twin goats. Bleat, bleat motherfucker.<\/p>\n<p>On <i>exceptional<\/i> days you <i>might<\/i> feel like throwing your yoga block directly at your mockingly cheerful houseplant. Or&nbsp;<i>possibly,<\/i>&nbsp;launching your bottle of calming essential oil spray right into the wall, hoping it breaks into a thousand tiny tranquil pieces so you can clean it up instead of doing the thing you said you were going to do&nbsp;(no personal experience with this <i>whatsoever<\/i>).<\/p>\nNo, you don&#8217;t need motivation, daisies, or rainbows to get the job done.<br>\nThose are all lovely, I&#8217;m sure, but you don&#8217;t need them.\n<p>All you need to do is:<\/p>\n\u2714\ufe0f Let yourself have a freakout (throwing things is totally optional).<br>\n\u2714\ufe0f Remember why you&#8217;re doing the thing in the first place.<br>\n\u2714\ufe0f Get to work.\n<p><b>Sweaty. Messy. Unmotivated. Smelling like goat. Perfect.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Not being motivated isn&#8217;t a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Suit up. Dig deep. GO.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a refreshing treat after doing your work, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/green-smoothie-that-tastes-like-ice-cream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/green-smoothie-that-tastes-like-ice-cream\/\">Green Smoothie that Tastes like Ice Cream<\/a> over on the blog today. 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