Why You Lose Motivation Halfway Through a Task

According to research, motivation during a project follows a U-shaped track. At the beginning of a chore, people tend to be motivated by their progress in relation to the starting point; at the end, they’re spurred on by their proximity to the end. In the middle, their motivation flags because their attention shifts from the starting point to the end point, the research suggests.

To maintain your motivation, try these tricks:

  • Assess Your Progress: If you work constantly you will make some progress, that’s a rule. You may have the impression that you’re not going anywhere but that’s because you’re skipping all those little milestones you go through every day. Watching back with satisfaction at what you created will surely boost your energy.
  • Don’t Aim For Perfection: It will soon drain you out. Aiming to be better is the real game. Perfection is a dead end, nothing really happens after you reached to it. Accepting that you can be better instead of perfect leaves some room for growth. And that means you have a reason to do more. And that’s what we usually call motivation, right?
  • Don’t Fall Into The Productivity Trap: It’s not how much you do, but how much of it really matters. Doing stuff just for filling up notebooks with tasks won’t make you feel motivated. On the other side, whenever you’re doing something that matters, your planing and organizing activities will just flow.