Motivational Messages - Good tips
SEND MESSAGES TO YOURSELF
The first Motivational Message to send to yourself should be the"Letter to My Self" that you write. Send it to your Motivation feed, make it a "Favorite" and read it often. For some good examples of Letters, take a look at those shown below.
After you put your "Letter to Self" into your Motivation, let your creativity and imagination run loose to come up with great ideas to motivate yourself. You should know your tender spots to tap.
Don't rely only your Support Network to keep you charged up with motivation. Send yourself whatever stirs your motivation. Different things will work for various goals and different people. Dig into your heart and soul and send really powerful stuff that moves you.
Here are some examples of what people have used:
•pictures of their children
•picture of their DWI ticket
•favorite songs/music that move you (exTheme from Rocky)
•audio message from spouse
•written note from mother, sib, father, friends, clergyman
•video of family and home
•audio/video of kids crying and begging to stop booze/drugs/smoking
•favorite inspirational quotes
•picture of job termination warning
•picture of fat naked self
•video of sobbing parents
•audio message from coach/trainer
•note/audio from clergyman
•YouTube videos that stir good decisions and actions
•message from doctor about health risk/death
•picture of couple when happily married
MESSAGES FROM YOUR SUPPORT NETWORK
Once you have selected your Support Network, make sure that you use them as best you can. Keep these ideas in mind:
Tell your Support Network what works and doesn't work for you.
Tell them how often you need Motivational Messages from them.
Tell them how much you appreciate their help.
Contact them frequently, especially when you have a low Status report.
Have them look at this Omnovi Blog for ideas (like the examples above and the posts "Motivational Messages - Good tips" and "What kind of motivational content works best?").
Use your Support Network when you really need them!
"LETTER TO MY SELF" Examples
SMOKING
Dear Self,
I am so goddamn tired of being a smoker. Cigarettes, you little bastards. You are sometimes my best friend. I go crazy if I don't have you. But you are killing me! Slowly killing me...One puff of the time. You're litterally taking my breath from me. I can't play basketball with my son. I can't have sex without stopping because I'm out of breath. I can't run up a flight of stairs anymore. I don't want my death certificate to read Lung Cancer. I want it to read Old Age!
I know that you will scream at me to go buy a pack of you. I have to fight you off with the love of my family and my love of living. I am done with you, you little sons of bitches. You don't own my soul anymore!
Donny
WEIGHT LOSS
EXERCISE
Dear Me,
I hate looking in the mirror and seeing rolls of fat covering my body. Then, I try to push all that fat into clothes that are always too small. I can't stand the idea of looking like this for the rest of my life. I can't stand not being able to bend over easily and so many other simple things. I am terrified of what all the fat molecules are doing to the arteries in my heart and my brain. Will I need an oversized casket?! I loved how I looked when I got married. I was not afraid to be seen naked then. I promise that I'm going to get back to looking like that again or at least very close to it. I will do what ever needs to be done to achieve that. Yikes, even exercise. Sweets and carbs, you are out of here.
I see other people do it. I can do it. I will do it! Getting off my fat butt!
Amanda
ALCOHOL/DRUGS
Dear Me,
Well, here I am facing a divorce and the loss of my kids. For years, I loved the booze and pot more than my kids and wife. How could I do that? Now I've got to promise me and them that I love them more than pot and booze. I got to do more than promise. I got to show them. This is going to be a real test. Real job. I've tried to cut back how many times. Got to admit to myself that "use just a little" plan didn't work. Gotta stop completely!
I fear losing my kids" respect and turning into a lonely old drunk pothead. I know what I got to do. I just have to keep my motivation going strong and stay away from the wrong people and places. I probably should go back to meetings. I will! Shit, how did I get in such a mess? If Gary could clean up his life, so can I.
Jenny, Tyler, Brittany, Nicole, Sam, I love you so very much ! I will do this for us!
Dan
RELATIONSHIPS (Marriage)
Dear Self,
Well here we are. Is it the end after all these years? If she leaves, I know deserve it. I have put her second place or worse to lots of things through the years. I thought that she would always be there. I can't imagine her gone. I can't imagine life without her.
I need to make some big changes in me no matter what. I hope that she sees and likes my changes, sees how much I truly love her. I will start being honest. From now on, I will always put her first. I will be faithful. I am so sorry. I will go to counseling and give it my all. How can I have been so stupid and selfish? God help us to stay together. I will do whatever it takes!
Billy
LIFESTYLE-SPIRITUALITY
Dear Self,
I have to be honest with My Self. I have fallen away from my beliefs and my morals. I know how this happened. I have not paid daily attention to my proper way of living. Selfishness, greed, and dishonesty have taken over my life. I invited them into my life. I despise the person that I have become.
My love of God and my spirituality need a rebirth.
I love the sense of peace and fulfillment that comes with leading a good life. I need daily gratitude, forgiveness and meditation. I need to follow the rules of goodness. I love God. Please help me bring you back into my life. I pray and trust that you will!
Trisha