I didn’t feel like working this week.
Just one of those days...
Hey everyone,
It happens to me more often than you’d probably expect. Some days I wake up and just don’t feel like working.
Nothing is wrong with the business. I’m not questioning my purpose. I still love what I’m building.
The motivation just isn’t there.
This article is about one of those days…
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Xaver
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This week I woke up on Monday and didn’t feel like working. At all.
I had a full to-do list. Emails to answer. Content to create. Coaching calls to prep. I knew exactly what needed to happen.
Instead I scrolled LinkedIn for an hour. Then I made another coffee. Then I scrolled some more.
Eventually, I answered a few emails. Replied to some comments. Did the things that feel productive but aren’t really moving anything forward.
I wasn’t having fun. I wasn’t in the zone. I was just getting through the day.
I get this feeling from time to time. And in my case it’s not because I lack purpose. I love what I’m doing. I genuinely do.
Sometimes you’re just not motivated. That’s it. No deeper reason. No hidden lesson. You just wake up flat.
I think nobody has motivation all the time. Not the people posting about their 5am routines. Not the founders writing about discipline. Nobody.
The difference is having a few things you know will pull you out of it. I call them resets. I have three.
A small win.
A podcast invite. A post doing well. Even something tiny.
One signal that what you’re doing matters and the energy comes back almost immediately. You can’t force this one though. It either shows up or it doesn’t.
A few weeks ago I had one of these days too. Scrolling through emails without really reading them. Then I saw a message from someone I’d never spoken to.
“My husband is a big fan of your writing and I would love to buy coaching sessions for his birthday.”
I read it twice.
Closed my laptop, opened it again, and worked for three hours straight.
A person who gives you energy.
Doesn’t have to be a mentor or someone impressive.
I have a few friends where I know that after one coffee with them I’ll walk away with five ideas and this urge to get back to my laptop.
I don’t fully understand why it works. But it does almost every time.
A different space.
Working from somewhere new.
It sounds almost too simple but something about different walls and different noise resets my head. I stop staring at the same screen and something loosens up. Sometimes I just go to a small cafe next door. I open my laptop and I am in the zone for a couple of hours.
None of these are big moves. There is no discipline or systems required.
Just small shifts that remind me why I like doing this.
And sometimes none of them work and the day is just a write-off.
That’s fine too.
This week it was actually the second one that got me out of it.
One of my past coaching clients was in Munich for a conference. We met for a coffee. Even though I’m technically his coach, he’s the one who gave me an idea I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since.
I went home and worked on it for four hours straight. And the next day. And the day after that.
More on that soon…
