Conquer your weaker self

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Do you also have a name for your weaker self? The name of mine is Giorgy. Normally Giorgy is very quiet and shy but needs attention exactly at the most stressful times.

Chocolate, lying on the couch, watching tv instead of learning for exams and no healthy diet. My lack of discipline and motivation make it easy for Giorgy to win each time.

But why is it that the inner bastard always takes control? Here are some tips on how to conquer your own weaker self:

Do it immediatly
The saying “never put off till tomorrow what you can do today” should be your best friend. Start now and not at a much later date. Make some deadlines for yourself. After you have finished one topic you will feel positively better. Motivation will increase automatically.

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Set a target
You need a goal that you are working towards and that you are pursuing. Perhaps you want to get better marks in your exams, finish projects earlier or to do homework immediately. Keep this goal in mind when the motivation threatens to let you down.

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Reward yourself
To maintain your motivation, you should reward yourself. If you reach a goal treat yourself to something nice. This way you will have something to look forward to in advance and it will even make it a little easier for you to pull yourself together.

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Let´s be honest. Occasionally your inner bastard comes out. It’s certainly not the end of the world, but many people tend to turn a one-off event into a trend. Forgotten are all the goals and you leave the field to your inner bastard.

Remember your goals and your motivation again and keep fighting.

7 thoughts on “Conquer your weaker self”

Dear Vanessa! I really enjoyed reading your post and know this feeling very well. I’m excited to read more texts from you in the future, Franzi.

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Hi Vanessa, oh what´s a nice article 🙂 next time when my inner bastard comes out – I will check your article again 🙂

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Hi Vanessa!
Giorgy and you created a quite inspiring post. It seems helpful to name my weaker self to combat it.
Reading your post reminds me that we are all in the same boat and that it’s ok to have an “inner couch potato”.
At the end of the day we have to overcome our personal Giorgy and your blog post is a helpful instruction for those daily little battles.
Thanks Vanessa!
Kind regards, Anja

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