Narrative Essay About Motivation

There were many times that I couldn’t find motivation in not one fiber of my body. I‘ve constantly had mental battles with myself. I started making excuses and finding reasons why I shouldn’t exercise yet. I procrastinated with exercising, until I didn’t feel like getting it done. I blamed it on everything else, other than my own laziness. In reality, that’s exactly what it was. Being lazy about exercise began to cost me mentally and physically. When I began to get bad reports from my doctors, I knew it was no way out of it then. I was motivated to workout, so I could reverse the results that my doctor informed me about. I didn’t expect working out to be as challenging as it was. It was hard for me to believe that I went from being the motivator to others, to being the one that needed to be motivated. I noticed that whenever I was upset or felt depressed, stressed or sad, my workouts weren’t that good. I’d find myself focusing more on the things that was bothering me, than I was on getting a good workout in. There were even times that I’ve worked out for ten or 15 minutes. I was too burdened by the situations that I was dealing with, to stick to my usual one to two hours. …show more content…
I had to trick myself a number of different ways, to get my workouts done. The day that I woke up to the fact that I could be lazy and still get a good workout in--was a lifesaver. I discovered that I could work up a sweat by doing exercises, while sitting or lying down. These were also exercises that I could do, while listening to my favorite radio station or while watching my favorite television show or movie. To me this was one of the greatest things they could have ever invented. This inspired me to explore many different exercise products, that I could use without always being on my