How to motivate yourself to work

We all know that feeling on Monday morning when

• last nights staying up was REALLY bad idea..
• and I totally should have not watch that horror movie..
• why that alarm clock sounds so loud?
• why didn't I look up for those clothes early enough?

ect. I could do this list as long as I would want to but that's not the point here. Everyone of us has those mornings when everything just feels bad, and going to work is really frustrating.

First of all, you should prevent that with couple of things.

1. Load your coffee machine before hand (last night) to win some time in the morning and to get some more time to wake up without doing anything (and this one really gives me a good mood when I don't remember that yes I really did load that coffee machine!)
2. Make sure that those clothes your suppose to wear are clean, ironed and fresh so you don't have to waist time in the morning to try to find clean clothes.
3. If you're like me and "don't have time" to eat breakfast in the morning (or you get sick of eating in the morning), slice some orange to your fridge last night. It's fresh and good, and you don't have to do anything than just eat in the morning.

With these simple things done, your morning will already be better.
But what if I still have a bad morning? 

It's ok. It's normal to have bad days. This is what I do at those days.

• As I've told before, be thankful. So, when you wake up a little cranky, think about at least 5 things you are thankful for.
• Smile. Stand before mirror and just smile. Sounds stupid, but it works. Trust me.
• When you get yourself smiling, say "I can do it!". Say it out loud. REALLY LOUD. Yell it! YES! YOU. CAN. DO. IT.
•  Listen to good mood music, at least on your way to work. Sing along. LOUDLY. ;)

•  Think about those reasons why you do what you do. Why you love your job? What does it give to you? (if it really doesn't give to you anything, I recommend to change your job but DON'T do it as a random act, think about it all the way trough and have a backup plan.)

 Is there a hard project in your work? THERE IS A REASON, WHY THEY GAVE IT TO YOU. They trust you to handle it. They think that you have the knowledge to do it. They KNOW you can do it, so do it!

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5 things to be grateful -challenge

#GratitudeChallenge2015

Here Are The Rules:

• You have 72 hours to accept the challenge when you are nominated.

• Write or say 5 things you are grateful for on any social media platform (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Blog, or anywhere)

• Display a picture of gratitude. Any picture of something simple that makes (or made) you smile.

• Nominate 5 other people in your circle, but make sure to let them know immediately.

I took this from diyjahn.com  , just because I feel like these kind of things belongs to this blog. And this is suppose to be a little sneak a peek to what kind of thing you can be grateful. Yours can be really different from this one but it doesn't matter. What matters, is that you think of it.

So. Here it goes.

1. Husband.

This is something that I still can't understand; I found a yin to my yang, a person who REALLY loves me as I am. Even at my worst, like this weekend... I was too lazy to do even something to eat, and he did food for me.
Which takes me to...

2. Odd Finnish food.

I would never survive without Finnish salty liquorice or rye bread. (And I love those faces when someone who doesn't know what these are, tries them out.)

3. My lovely home

I have a roof over my head, it's warm inside, I have running water and no one has shut down our electricity. And actually, it's kind of pretty too.

4. Snow during winter

Ok, not yet, because as I told it has been way too long fall this year, but still I can't wait to see those first little snowflakes falling down to ground..

5. My best friends

The best of the best in category of my friends .. It's way too long distance between us. And it makes me cry sometimes, but when I see them, it's like heaven down on earth. And just having a little time with them takes me trough a lot of bad times and gives me strength. And actually I'm smiling right now, just thinking these loved ones of mine. YOU'RE THE BEST.