Not Just A Mom: Healthy Habit & Staying Motivated

Hello Monday! I am linking up with my friend Dara for this month’s installment of Not Just a Mom, sharing some healthy habits & how I keep motivated.

As far as motivation I think this really varies person to person because different things work differently for various people! For me, what works best most of the time is to just go braindead & do the dang thing lol. Instead of thinking about various things I might need or want to get done, I just stop thinking & DO. Do something, anything.

For household type tasks what works well for me is creating a simple schedule & following that. For example, Mondays are bathroom, Tuesdays are kitchen, Wednesdays are floor, etc. I just set one small task or area for each day, usually something I can get done in 30 minutes or less & I stay motivated because I know it won’t take me long and keeping up on cleaning weekly makes me feel better & keeps things easier around the house. So planning & scheduling work well for me because I tend to stick to it.

Another motivator for me is that I’ll reward myself after completing something. Even for something small, telling myself that I will enjoy a bath after or a treat or new jewelry can be enough to motivate me to get things done!

Some healthy habits I’ve created include drinking lots of water & only water all day long, I’ll occasionally have a cup of herbal tea. We don’t buy any other options for our home so the temptation simply is not there. At work I take a mug & my goal is to drink one mug-full every hour. I like this method because it also gets me up & away from my desk every hour while I’m getting my water in!

I don’t consistently “workout” partially because that just isn’t the season of life I’m in, but also because instead I look at it as trying to just be active. The dogs are big motivators/insistors on getting us outside! Of course, Ronald keeps us busy chasing after him too. I find that not putting the pressure on myself to workout keeps me feeling positive about what I am able to do.

A healthy habit that has continually evolved for me over the years has been my skincare routine! A few years ago I made it my goal to make skincare a priority. I started simple with just some cleanser & moisturizer, before that I literally never washed my face & would usually just re-wear my make-up from the day before. Once I consistently washed my face nearly single day, I started adding in more products. And once that all really became a habit I started to invest in higher quality products. I’ve been using Beautycounter for 6+ months now and LOVE IT! 

What are some healthy habits you have & how do you keep yourself motivated?