How do you get motivated?

NannaM yes that does look lovely. Gaggi3, lovely post and the same from me.

NannaM, that looks a lovely spot. That's what I try to create too, lots of little places I can relax in for a change of scene, a cuppa and a good read.

Mornings are my best time to be motivated. I am 64 years old and, in the mornings, I don't really notice getting older. I dash around, shopping, decorating, washing, cooking etc. but, by the afternoon, I am looking for a nap.

I go to bed early but tend to read or watch tv so don't sleep right away. Sometimes I can't wait for the morning to come to get on with something.

I always have to have a little project going on, right now it is decorating our garden room, trying to spend as little as possible. I get a kick out of rediscovering old fabrics etc. and can still get quite excited when I think about what to make.

I have a garden swing and an umbrella on my south facing balcony. I have been known to take my morning tea, iPad, water bottle and mobile out there and not come inside, except for potty breaks , for most of the morning! No guilt at all! That's what retirement is all about!
(But when I absolutely have to get down to stuff......lists help me too!)

i tend to suffer from depression and it might only take one small thing to bring me down. When I'm down, nothing is right and the feeling compounds into despair if I am not careful.

Luckily I know I am like this so what I do to bring myself round is to look at what needs doing and then make a list.

Each job gets a tick and then on to the next one. Before you know it I m on a roll and looking for jobs to add to the list.

Sadly I know this feeling will not last but I maximise on it until it ends.

Then I start all over again.

Hope this helps someone. I suffer from OCD also so the list making is a part of my make-up, but it is a great help when I'm feeling low.

Just go with the flow! I do. Makes for a more relaxed time.

Forgot to say and to all those who, for all sorts of reasons, are feeling low and are physically prevented from doing things they would like to.

I'm 72 , Victoria08, and DH frequently accuses me of laziness, i.e. spending too much time on GN, on line, reading etc. Have had some brushes with poor health, but our amazing NHS has saved me every time and I'm very, very lucky to be active. I have frequent very lazy days, and am not a lover of housework, although I do it, in as little time as possible. Since my cataract op. I can, unfortunately, see dirt more clearly and also lines on face!

Tudorrose please take heart in the fact that I was diagnosed with PD over 4 years ago but have not let it get me down. Like you I have a great husband and 6 grandchildren. My 2 daughters have always needed some childcare help - even more so since the surprise arrival of twins 17 months ago! I still help out and they don't seem to realise I have PD. I think positivity is the answer and reading all the blogs on Facebook and Twitter. Also follow The Cure Parkinson's Trust and Parkinson's UK.

Family is the main support group - be open but don't dwell on it.

Not at all well with the grey skies we have had in Cheshire for the last couple of weeks. It is forecast to rain soon so I am deterred from getting dressed down to do gardening.

I'm in my pyjamas still.

I don't need motivating though as I've had a particularly busy week and the coming week looks much the same. I've written a report this morning, had a long chat with my foster son who is in Taiwan, (he's coming to visit me in June - yippee!!) and later my daughter and her family will arrive for a pit-stop on their way home from a few days holiday, so it's not exactly an idle day.

Gardened in the sun yesterday and am paying the price today. Back a bit (?!) stiff and the dreariness outside has reduced me to a complete sumph! Intended to sew today - my main hobby - but so far have just sat like a pudding. Perhaps the strong coffee I am about to have will help, I hope so. I have a busy life and the chance of a sewing day is a treat.

Wish I knew. I have 6 particular things to do, 1 for tomorrow, 3 for Wednesday 1for Thursday and 1 within the next fortnight. I just can't get motivated to start, worrying that they won't won't work, or I won't remember how to do them. This thread was a much needed lifeline, showing I'm not the only one.?

Sometimes hard when you live on your own and it's a Bank Holiday with all 'doing their own thing' and bus services at a minimal

Visitors coming this afternoon, so that's my motivation, I don't want anyone knowing what a slob I can be at times!

my get up and go seems to have left home without me!

i'm completely unmotivated and don't seem to know where to start. it's not that i haven't got anything to be done cos there's loads to be done.

daughter and two grandaughters moved in with me last year [emergency situation] and we still haven't been able to sort things out. we've got "stuff" all over everywhere and they're all sleeping in one bedroom with all their clothes and the girls' toys - complete havoc.

we need to sort things up into the loft and then sort their bedroom out - and sort out some sort of bedsit in the conservatory for the eldest grandaughter. but motivation for both of us is fairly low right now.

my daughter's situation isn't helping her get motivated and because of this and the chaos in the house my motivation is also at rock bottom.

but "eventually" [my non live in partner's favourite word] things will get sorted and we'll be living free of chaos .............. but right now it seems such a long time away.

Still not come to terms with Parkinsons diagnosis in January. Very unmotivated & anxious about everything. Feel quite helpless. Severe sciatic pains down left leg and foot so can't walk very far. Depressing to know there is no cure only progressive disability. I have a wonderful husband, 2 caring, happily married children and 3 lovely grandchildren so I try to count my blessings but sometimes it is difficult

Phew! Gaggi3.

I felt tired just reading that. You seem to have an abundance of energy,

May I ask how old you are.

Not madly active today as just had DD2,SIL, and 21month-old twins staying for a few days. Walk round NT property yesterday, then family lunch for 8 (other SIL working all weekend as he's a consultant at the local hospital (please note, Mr. Hunt). Finish up with baseball in garden with DH, DD1 and GS1 (aged 7). So if I don't do much today, who cares?

Well said I agree

I tend to find if I am not motivated one day, then I generally make up for it the next day. So I consider it swings and roundabouts.

Cherry Aw, bless him. That means he wants your company which is a great compliment.

Ruby
DH is a retired newbie.
Enjoy your new car and the freedom that goes with.

When he comes up first time Cherry you need to be ready with the rope and tie him up and put him in the wardrobe! Then you can go back to bed and enjoy a lie in.

I'd have a lie in but I haven't even got to bed yet! Fell asleep on the settee last night, woke up at 3 am and my doggie refused to go to bed, preferring to sleep on the other settee, so I came back downstairs, had a midnight snack, watched tele and came on here.

How to get motivated? Well, I've just got a new car through Motorbility so I'm very motivated at present. I have lots of plans of people to see and places to go that I have been wanting to go but haven't got there. Plus now I can take my doggie out without having to worry about taxis being able to take her. Our first trip was to look at motorbikes for my son. Then we took my doggie to the park. Now I need to apply for a blue badge. This week I will go and pick my dad up from the funeral directors (his ashes) and go and visit his friends at the extra care facility where he lived, I've not seen them since the funeral so that should be nice.

Other than that, plant some seeds, get some new paint or wallpaper, go and buy cushions or bedding. Plan a nice meal with someone special or a holiday. Being disabled, sometimes it is enough just to get up and make food for the day but I do try to achieve something in a day although I do give myself permission to sit and stare from time to time.

My motivation to get up Is DH is down stairs.
First he will come upstairs ask me if I'm ok.
Then he will return ask me if I'm sure and do I want anything to eat, even though he knows I will never eat in bed. Can't abide single crumb in my bed!
A few minutes later will come the "Do you want me get you some paracetamol?"
I reply with "no I'm fine thankyou"
"Well if your sure" scuttles back down stairs
A few minutes later DD on phone
"Are you ok mum. Dad says your not quite your self"
So up now stomping around kichen wiping up DH toast crumbs