Congratulations, you did nothing...

There was a video I watched a couple of months ago with an idea that's really stuck with me! 

It's a video from another one of my favourite youtubers, Leena Norms (justkissmyfrog) where she talks about the idea that by telling others about your plans, you get the same satisfaction from the pleasing of others just by telling them, and you end up not doing the plan itself!

Here's the video: 


She describes the idea as a 'getting fulfillment from something without doing the thing' - the social 'praise' from telling your peers and others about something you want to do, but then you don't carry out the idea. 

I think this is a really interesting thing - especially as I think I experienced this when I started this blog, although I didn't really realise or think about it at the time! I kept the blog to myself for the first few weeks, only telling friends and family once I'd written 2 weeks of posts! Initially after telling people about the blog I was keen to keep writing, to impress them and keep sharing. But a week later (after sharing my blog with friends and family) I did notice I felt a lot less motivated. Could this be because I'd already got the praise I needed from just sharing my ideas and aspirations? ... Well I hope and think that I'm not so dependent on other people's praise! 

I've also found a TED talk on the same topic: 


Do you have any tips to keep yourself motivated? especially for longer-term projects. After taking a few months away whilst I was graduating and getting started in my new job (blog to come very soon), I'm keen to get back into blogging and keep the motivation and writing going for a lot longer. 

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