Do you ever lay in bed and think about all the different things you want to achieve the next day? Of course you have! Because you're a human being!

Well, that was me last night. I laid there thinking about how I wanted to exercise (being very out-of-shape from my first year of college) and I want to start reading for fun again so I have to find a book and how I have to take some pants back and that I really want some new coffee and on and on and on.

Now that I'm actually up and out of bed and eating a bagel with cream cheese, strawberries, and cranberry juice at 9:45 a.m., some of my motivation has diminished. So, why are people always so motivated at night while laying in bed, but not the very next morning when we're actually energized to do stuff? I find it is because at night while we're thinking about the day we just had, we wish to be better the next day then the day we just had. This makes sense, but then why does the motivation go away? Well, just like the day before when you wanted motivation, but then the day actually happened. Days never go as we expect them to go that is why we are sometimes disappointed and sometimes happy about the day we had. When you're laying in bed thinking about what you wish to happen is totally different then what will actually happen due to natural causes. Natural causes such as the weather, other people, and your own health.

Just because the day doesn't go as you wish doesn't mean you still can't have a great day and achieve what you said you wanted to the night before. It's simple: Just GO DO IT. Get up and go do whatever it was you laid in bed thinking about. You may not feel motivated to do it, but as soon as you actually do, you will feel satisfied. This is because you already thought about doing it so when you achieve that goal the list in your brain can check off that you did it which will make you feel happy. Because who doesn't feel happy when they can check something off their list? I know I do.

With that being said, I am going to go exercise and check that off my mental list. Go do whatever it is that you want to achieve because you can do it and the motivation to do it is still there.