Lately I’ve been having some issues. Motivation issues. This last week I essentially accomplished nothing and I’ve felt like a total bum yet I just couldn’t bring myself to hunker down and crank out some solid work. Then this morning I read a great blog post by Jeffrey Way, “Not Reliable, Not Hireable“, which was exactly the trigger I needed to get my arse in gear.

As an independent contractor I get paid depending on how much work I accomplish each day. If I decide to work 24/7 I’m going to develop a very comfortable income but as we all know, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So as you can imagine I have an inner conflict here.

I’ve been working hard and it finally caught up with me. I’ve been lazy and entirely unmotivated to do anything except deep clean the apartment in preparation for moving to Las Vegas. I tried all my usual techniques to motivate myself but they all failed. You would think that the need for money would be enough for motivation but sometimes you just need to take a break.

After reading Jeffrey’s blog post it felt like a swift kick in the pants, not because the post was directed towards me in particular but because the post applied to me! I’ve recently started writing articles for the Theme Forest blog and I struggle to stay consistent and reliable. Writing isn’t my forte so it’s something I struggle with.

“I’ve hired countless authors whose only responsibility was to submit one article every week.“ – This is exactly my job definition for the Theme Forst blog which is why this blog post really caught my attention. My only responsibility for the Theme Forest blog is to write at least one article per week which I’ve failed at doing.

One thing that really bothers me is letting people down, especially a boss, coworker or client. In reading Jeffrey’s blog I realized I’ve been letting Jeffrey down and need to take the opportunities I’m given and run with them. In this economic state no opportunity should be taken for granted either.

With that being said, you can’t work 24/7 and expect to continue doing that forever. I needed to work 24/7 to get myself to where I am today within a short period of time so a lazy slump is to be expected. In life there must be balance and this lazy slump is life’s way of balancing me out. Now that I’m all balanced out though, I can get back to my consistent and reliable self before Jeffrey decides not to work with me anymore, lol.

Thanks for the motivation Jeffrey, it was exactly the trigger I needed to get out of this lazy slump and back to work!