3 Ways To Stay Motivated When You Own Your Own Home-Based Business

copywright: Deborah Bowman

It is easy to slowly become unmotivated when you own a home-based business of your own.

As the newness and excitement of having your own home-based business wears off, do you find that the day to day activities set in and things become repetitive, even monotonous at times? Do you find yourself getting a little too used to the comfort of not having to rise at 5:00 or 6:00 am, then rush out of the house to face a morning nightmare in traffic? Do you find yourself sleeping “just a little longer” each day? Are you finding that any little distraction sets you off track and at the end of the day, you wonder why you didn’t accomplish what you had intended or that your to-do list grows longer each day, while your list of completed items is shrinking? You wonder why your motivation is dying a slow painful death?

The first thing you should do is find a nice quiet place where you can sit down with a notebook and pen and re-evaluate. Why did you want your own home-based business in the first place? Was it because you wanted more time with your family and children? Were you tired of spending more time fighting traffic each day than you had to do anything else? Did you want to be your own boss? Were you tired of others telling you what your time was worth and how much you would get paid? What about the overtime? These are just some reasons, and there are probably dozens more.

Once you remember your original reasons or your whys that you started your business, write all of them down.

The second step you want to take is thinking of all of the short-term and long-term goals you have, but instead of thinking of short-term first, begin with the end in mind. Imagine your business up and running and success is in the palm of your hand. You are financially free at last and you can finally do what you want whenever you want. Start running your business today as if you were going to sell it tomorrow. What do you see as the end result?

After you’ve written down your goals, you might want to design a dream board or a goal board and keep it in a place where you can see it as soon as you rise in the morning and before you go to sleep at night. Or, you might want to design some small goal cards and place them where you spend time during the course of your day and in your pocket, purse or wallet.

The third thing you want to do is ask yourself the following questions: What is your intention? What do you and your family deserve out of life? What do you want for yourself? What do you want now? What do you want for your future? What was your intention in the beginning? Has it changed? Write down all of your answers.

After you’ve gotten clear on everything and have everything written on paper, put it away until the next day. Let it sink in for a while.

The next morning, take it out and look at it again. Make revisions if necessary. Go through this process everyday. Make this an important part of your day. As time goes on, make necessary changes and keep updating. This will keep you motivated. Don’t let it get away from you! Stay focused and, above all, don’t forget your original motivation. Don’t ever lose sight of your whys!