10 Ways to get MOTIVATED

It's now half way through the second month of the new year and I'm sure many people are feeling the lull.  I even found myself scratching my head wondering why I'm even bothering to get up these days and I'm sure many of you agree.  We've had Christmas and New Year, our resolutions have gone out of the window, we've nothing to look forward to until the lighter nights and the warmer days.  You may have just booked your holiday and are just wanting the next few months to speed up, just want a break, or wishing you were back at school so you can enjoy the half term holidays.  You've just lost your motivation.  We're all feeling it.  So to try and lighten up the day I thought I'd try a bit of motivation speaking with 10 tips to get you motivated.
(Let's face it, without motivation we can't get out of bed, get dressed, get to work, do work, even eat - we all kinda need it!)

My Top Ten Motivation Tips*

1. Put down your pens, pencils, books, computers (don't literally put down the computer though...), and put your feet up.  Yes. RELAX.  Take 10mins, grab a cuppa or indulgent hot chocolate, and enjoy yourself.  Think how good this makes you feel.
2. Put on 'Wear Sunscreen-Baz Luhrmann' with lyrics.  Yes, sit there, listen to it, feel the vibes and drink in his words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlJ3vOp6nI
3. Open a window, sit back down, open your mouth and inhale.  Not through your nose, through your mouth.  This will take all that lovely fresh oxygen and take it directly to your brain making you feel a lot more alert than you did (just like yawning does (bet that made you yawn by mentioning all the yawning;))
4. Stand up. Reach upwards, and outwards opening up your chest and letting more oxygen in.  Touch your toes, then reach upwards and outwards.  Stretch.
5. Now put on a more motivating song.  Any song that will get you up and dancing.  Could be Rocky, could be the new Flo Rida song or a bit of the Beatles.  Something that gets you moving.  Dance like there's nobody watching.
6. Feeling rejuvenated? Good.  Now sit down and write on a poster/post-it note/noticeboard/computer screen what you're wanting to do and how long you want to do it in.  Make it manageable.  You can't build the Olympic Stadium in one sitting (can't even do it in 6years by the looks of things) so even if you're just setting yourself a target to complete one maths problem.  Do it.
7. Get to work.  Remember breathe in through the mouth and exhale through your nose.  Drink water.  Keeps you hydrated (also allows you cheeky toilet breaks every so often)
8. Reached the mini-goal? Grab a biscuit, walk down the corridor, pat yourself on the back, then create yourself a new goal.  This process is called rewarding good behaviour ;)
9. Keep going until you've done what you need to do.
10. Put on your favourite/congratulatory song (JK Rowling's song was Lily Allens - Smile when she finished the Harry Potter books, see even the famous have their rewards) and party - YOU'RE DONE!

* Just so we're all clear I'm not a trained motivation speaker nor do I profess to be.  These are 10 tips I've lovingly created for you, based on things I like to do that I know work for me.  If they don't work for you then don't blame me! If, however, you have other tips you'd like to share with me, please do so :)