There are times when you feel unmotivated when you have work that needs to be done.
When you are demoralized, nothing you do will produce results.
However, when you are seriously depressed, it is hard to recover from something trivial.
What can we do to make our work more active every day?
Stress is a major factor in such demoralization.
For example, if you are bored with your work or your daily rhythm is disrupted, you are more likely to become mentally and physically occupied.
When stress builds up and motivation declines, a negative spiral occurs.
Physiologically, your immune system will be weakened, and the probability of physical damage will increase.
In other words, physical and mental health is essential to maintaining motivation.
This is why it is essential to review your morning habits.
To that end, here are some bad morning habits that make it easier to lose motivation and measures to improve them.
If you have fluctuating motivation, refer to the following to get off to a good start in the morning.
Morning habits that you should not do because they make it easier to lose motivation
1: Not getting morning sunlight
Surprisingly few people have the habit of getting up in the morning and getting some sunlight.
This is especially true for businesspeople who are busy on a daily basis.
However, if you do not get enough sun exposure, your body clock will not be in order and the quality of your sleep will be adversely affected.
Morning sunlight is closely related to the rhythm of sleep.
When sunlight hits the pineal gland, which is located behind the retina, melatonin is normalized.
Normal secretion of melatonin increases serotonin, the hormone of well-being.
So just getting up early and getting some sunlight fills you with a happy mood.
If possible, it is best to get up every day when the sun rises and bask in the rays of the rising sun.
Unless you have a job that requires you to reverse your day and night schedule, it is important to live in the same rhythm as the ancients, getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.
Our bodies have not changed that much in tens of thousands of years.
The key to motivation at work is to start the day off right in the morning.
When you wake up, the first thing you should do is open the curtains in your room to let the sunlight in and get into the habit of adjusting the rhythm of your body clock.
2: Avoid exposure to useful information in the morning
Are you exposed to information that switches your mind off?
How do you usually spend your morning commute?
Reading at the start of the day and being exposed to useful information, such as audio from business courses, can help keep you motivated.
One factor that can reduce motivation at work is boredom or being in a rut.
To break out of a rut and switch off your mind, it is effective to create a pleasant sense of urgency.
Listening to an audiobook or reading a text is a good idea.
The important thing is to switch your mind to an intellectual mode from the morning at the beginning of the day.
As mentioned earlier, being in a rut, bored with an uninspired daily routine, lowers motivation.
Break out of the rut by getting into the habit of continuing to study every morning by being exposed to quality information.
3: Irregular sleeping and waking times
Frequent late nights are actually dangerous.
Do you have a good understanding of your sleep quality?
Problems such as irregular sleeping hours or not sleeping enough all the time …… are also factors that make it easier to lose motivation.
It has been shown that there is a close relationship between sleep depth and work performance.
In order to recover energy through sleep and wake up refreshed, it is important to figure out the perfect amount of sleep and what time you should go to bed and wake up.
A great way to do this is to keep a sleep log using an app on your smartphone or other device.
By inputting data into your sleep log such as sleep onset, wakefulness, work performance, physical condition, meal times, exercise, and caffeine intake times, you can determine the best time to sleep for you.
It is said that if a person who sleeps the best eight hours sleeps only six hours, the next day’s performance is reduced by 25%, and if a person stays up all night, the next day’s performance is reduced by 40%.
If you can’t get a good amount of sleep, it is OK to build up your sleep time in small increments; in fact, many executives do this.
Instead, the important thing is to get a good night’s sleep. It is also important to note that sleeping longer is not always better.
If you are not motivated, there may be a problem with the quality or length of your sleep.
Not only can it be too short, but it can also be too long.
We encourage you to use a sleep log to find the best sleep duration for you.
4: Going to work without talking to someone about your problems.
Motivation is lowered when you are worried about your problems.
It is natural to feel unmotivated if you are alone with your worries.
In such a state, even waking up every morning can feel painful.
It is very important to find someone with whom you can easily talk about your problems.
One of the main stresses of business people is to endure and worry.
Agonizing alone will not give you ideas for solutions.
In order to turn negative feelings into positive ones, it is important to find someone to talk to, even if it is just one person.
You can ask them to listen to your complaints or talk to them about your problems.
Find someone who is directly receptive to your current feelings.
Just the fact that they listened to you is enough to have an effect, so don’t worry even if you can’t solve the problem.
If you can vent, you will have more time to relax. This leeway will make you more tolerant of stress.
Spending time alone with your problems will cause a loss of motivation.
If you have a problem, why not ask a colleague at work to listen to you complain a little as you greet each other in the morning?
Just by confiding your problems to someone, you will feel much better.
Poor mental and physical health is one of the causes of low motivation at work. By reviewing your morning routine, sleep, and diet, you can change your daily motivation. If you have any of the NG habits described in this article in mind, make steady improvements every day and regain your true radiance!
