30 Days of Journaling for When You’re Unmotivated
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We all go through times when we feel unmotivated. Especially in the summer when the weather is hot, the to-do list can feel like a mountain to climb.
If this feels like you right now, we’ve put together 30 days of journaling ideas for when you’re unmotivated to help you out. All you have to do is answer one prompt a day for the whole month.
Getting Motivated Starts With Identifying Why You’re Unmotivated
Before you find solutions, it’s important to first identify the problem. We’ve assembled ideas and questions that will encourage you to get the cause of why you’re not motivated. Once you understand that, you can then think about simple actions forward to take to build momentum.
You can get this 30-day challenge as a printable to use at home. Simply head to the bottom once you’ve read through all the ideas to find it.
A Closer Look at the Motivation Prompts and Ideas
Below, you’ll find all the ideas, questions, and prompts listed in the challenge.
Whether the lack of motivation is coming from unrealistic expectations or tiredness.
How you could change those expectations to stay motivated.
Things that motivate you.
Three simple tasks you can accomplish to build momentum.
Define the long-term goal and why it is important.
What you’ve accomplished this week, no matter how small.
Times of the day you have the most energy.
Tasks you could do during those times of more energy.
Someone who inspires you and why.
Identify times you were really motivated and why.
Places you could go to get inspired.
What around you in the house demotivated you.
What around you in the house inspires you.
5-minute things you could do right now to move forward.
Self-love activities that energize you.
People you can talk to who motivate you.
The positives of completing the tasks you’re putting off.
Things that are holding you back and why.
5-minute breaks you could take and what you’d do.
Things that are distracting you.
Ways you can distance yourself from those distractions.
People you could be accountability buddies with.
Ways life would change if you could overcome the lack of motivation.
Tasks you’re unmotivated by and how you can break them into smaller tasks.
What your strengths are and what you do well.
Ways you can track your progress.
Things you can do the night before to reduce decision fatigue.
Ways you can compare yourself to others less.
How long you can do a task before you start putting it off (time yourself).
What you can build on tomorrow if you do a little bit today.
How you answer these is entirely up to you. If you’re pushed for time when it comes to journaling, keep your answers short and to the point. If you use this challenge as part of a more reflective period of daily journaling, really take the time to get everything out of your head and onto paper.
Often you’ll find your reasons for lack of motivation are quite simple. It could come down to only focusing on the end goal, too much online comparison, or having unrealistic expectations. Hopefully this 30-day challenge will help you find those factors and then take steps to work past them.
Get the Motivation Calendar Printable Here
You can get the motivation journaling calendar here. Print it off, keep it in a safe place, and reference it every day when it’s time to do your journaling.
Daily Journaling Printables
We’ve also designed this challenge to be applicable for any month of the year. So be sure to save it to one of your boards, so you can find it all year round.
