How to gain more energy to pursue your life goals

Have you set your goals? Congratulations. So, what’s next?

Everyone starts off with their goals super motivated and excited but gradually we lose insight into what we are trying to achieve. I am sure we all have those moments when we feel our energy going down, lots of mess in our career and it actually becomes hard to keep a high level of energy.

At the start of a new goal it is easy to feel motivated and inspired but as the days pass, you may feel tired, sore and agitated. You might be experiencing zigzags and hurdles on the way to your goal. You may hear yourself saying, "I'll do it tomorrow or maybe some other day". You start doubting yourself for your capability. Your dreams start to feel less enticing. And so on. And what do you do for rescue?

After struggling for years now is the time for you to actually start getting the most out of your dreams. You need to have an understanding of your habits that enhance your energy to promote a greater sense of fulfillment and well-being. It all starts with what energy we generate inside us with a number of things on our plate that needs to be discussed. If you are failing miserably and always falling back to where you started, this post is for you.

How to revitalize your energy towards your goal?

Give yourself something to look forward to

The whole concept lies behind giving yourself a reminder to focus on the good. Stop lamenting over your past and have something positive out on the horizon that gives you a sense of purpose. Define your goals without looking back to things that may hinder you. When you maintain a constant flow of positive energy that makes sure you always have something to look forward to it, will keep you in good mood. Here are some ways to do:

• Make a list of things that make you happy

• Have a space for self-relaxation

• Keep yourself full with a social calendar

• Set a reward for yourself for performing a new habit

• Practice seeking potential at various places

• Look forward to new experiences with people as well as places

Looking forward to something will revitalize your energy to bring your goals into action. If you fill your day with things that inspire you, you will never be bothered by being so busy. You will be more inspired to create new ideas to do things that you want to accomplish. Give yourself things to look forward to in your life.

Manage your energies

"The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us are not," said Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr. If you typically just manage your time it will derail you from your tasks, but you can bring your best performance to whatever that comes to you by managing your energies. This is a way that is completely above managing time and it contributes to fully focussing on a critical task. Focus on maximizing your energy to manage your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional energy and bring about greater performance.

Do not waste your willpower on unrelated tasks

Willpower plays a big role in our life as lack of it will always hold us back in our journey. We have people who are weak willed and who are strong-willed. Often people waste their willpower on unrelated tasks and could even utilize their willpower more effectively. This makes us lose our energy on working towards our set goals. So be more aware to use your willpower strategically for your goals by these methods:

• Make a list of all your mental triggers so that you have a solution to the situations when a problem arises.

• Do as much as you need to do without fulfilling your multiple demands.

• Be prepared for low motivation situations.

• Work on your self-imposed deadlines to always be active of your goals.

You will require a certain level of willpower for your every goal and willpower can strengthen with the right practice.

Set standards for your own thoughts

The standard of your thoughts is how you live your life. What are your set standards for your thoughts? If your mind is acquainted with negative thoughts it will just sabotage your energy and you will never be able to love up to the standards you are meant to live. Thoughts have a great influence on our feeling which somehow determines how we pursue in our life. If we have set our thoughts that we are drained of energy, we can never get back to full power energy to achieve our goals. The key to success is learning to spot these thoughts that are particularly little bugs and kick them off replacing them with positive ones. It’s your choice to focus on which thoughts to bring to action.

Make progress not perfection

Many of us waste a lot of our energy in being perfect and creating perfect things. And what we lack is worrying about things that will make progress in our lives to get results more quickly. Perfection will merely happen in the process of progress. So, focus your energy on progress and you will never lose your energy. The ways to start making a progress are:

• Create small goals with deadlines

• Have a good attitude

• Make a list of things to do

• Take imperfection action

• Explore your fears

These easy yet effective ways will help you to be more creative and bring out new ideas to do things.

Rethink your roadblocks

And suddenly you hit a roadblock. Perhaps, you are lost. This might happen to you many times and without any of your fault you lose up your energy. Your goals may lose the war as you lose your energy because of the factors and activities that block your creativity and energy.

Get around your roadblocks to get back on the path to success.

You can overcome your roadblock by:

• By being enthusiastic

• Using constructive motivation

• Browsing our favorite bookstore, mall or attending a concert

• Self-motivation

• Performing activities that makes us excited

The more you will engage in an inspiring activity, the better you can use that energy to work on your worthwhile goal.

Therefore it is crucial to feel motivated and always remember what Mark Twain said, "And what is a man without energy? Nothing – nothing at all." Step into your dreams by always being energetic by doing what will keep you striving for a better future.

Vartika Kashyap #6 LinkedIn Top Voice 2017 | Marketing Manager at ProofHub | Blogger | Contributing Author