 So in today's video, I want to talk a little bit about getting out of a rut about when you are you're feeling demotivated or you're feeling that you haven't been able to get much done lately and It's one of those things everyone has it if you're an entrepreneur if you're a freelancer, it's a roller coaster, right? You have you have big highs But then you have big dips also that can last quite a long time where you feel like you're not getting much done Or things are at a standstill it's stagnating stuff like that And I just want to explain to you how I try to get out of these when I realize that I'm in one how I try to push myself out because I know it can be hard and you know the feelings pile on of this not getting anything done ness and so anyway, what and What I use what I call it basically is I call it the the quick win And I'm sure it exists out there. I'm sure I didn't come up with it myself but I've also kind of made it my own if you will and In fact now I have a list of certain things to try whenever I find myself in those shoes But let me explain quickly what I mean by the quick win. I mean so when I feel like I'm getting in a rut I feel like things I'm doing aren't working out and I and I see it more and more and You know as they say when it rains it pours, right? When bad things happen quite a few bad things happen but also when you get in a rut it feels like nothing's really working out and you feel Demotivated and then you try a bit of this. You're like, you know that didn't work. I'll try a bit of that I don't know that and you can go on for days or even weeks like this and Kind of not be productive and not get much than at all and it's pretty bad and At least I don't like it at all. I don't know maybe you do but I Really like to get out of that because I really love the other feeling I love the feeling where I'm getting stuff done left and right You know the complete opposite where I'm you know, I'm able to work on stuff I'm able to get new clients. I'm able to do this that not only my in my work But in my personal life as well. I'm able to do to do other activities I'm you know able to travel and or whatever else it might be and so That's so this what I want to talk about basically how to get yourself back to that level from the rut where you were in to start with and What I use for this is the quick win as I mentioned and what so what's the quick win? The quick win is we're basically I mean self-explanatory. I tried to find a quick win I try to find low-hanging fruit now. This can be for work. Maybe I know there are a couple Jobs that I could easily get maybe their jobs. I wouldn't usually do you know There's small translations or they're they're simple translations that don't really pay all that much or something But I know it's something and I know it'll earn me something I know it'll get me going it'll get the ball rolling if you will and so I try to reach for this low-hanging fruit and So it can be whatever you wish maybe you know You're looking for new translation stuff But your your background is as an editor or as a writer or whatever it might be so and if you find yourself in a rut Maybe look for a writing job, you know an easy one just a simple one that can get the ball rolling But it doesn't have to be work either it could be anything else for me Working out too. I usually have these goals that I try to follow when I'm working out and and so what I had recently because I was in one of these ruts and I Realized there was a 5k happening the week after and I've been you know doing sort of cardio But not that much and I figure well, you know this at least pushed me to do a bit more cardio And that's exactly what happened, you know I signed up for the 5k and then I started training going to the gym and the next week I went to this 5k and I accomplished it and you know You feel this sense of accomplishment and I felt like I was out of the rut and nothing to do with work at all You know, this was just jogging in 5k and nothing to do with anything really But it made me feel better and right away. I saw the difference in work I felt like I was being more productive and getting more done and so even after just signing up for this course by the way for the for the race I You know because I felt I'd signed up for the race It is something that I had done that I had accomplished and really these accomplishments can be something Language learning is another one. So I feel like You know that I'm advancing in language and if I if I can advance a bit more in one of the languages I'm studying which now tends to be Chinese then then I feel like I've accomplished something But even just signing up for a course Can make me feel like I've accomplished them because I know that I've committed a certain amount of time and effort and energy to Improving on that language and so it feels like an accomplishment So and it can be you know anything else signing up for a network networking event too If I know it's an important one when I should go to and I sign up for it or you know, just actually go to it Then then I feel that's an accomplishment as well. And anyway, those are some of my examples. I'm sure you have your own Examples things that give you a sense of accomplishment that you've achieved something that you've done something and that you've made today You know a better day than it was before If you can find stuff to do like that then that usually at least for me It usually gets me out of that rut out of that dip and it helps me persevere and keep going So that in that way even if if I'm having trouble finding clients and I'm starting, you know Feeling down getting demotivated and getting down in that rut again And then I am I sign up like for a new course and I know that's gonna help with my Chinese stuff like that It that doesn't mean I found a new client necessarily, but it does give me the energy to keep going Where in you know, if I didn't have that motivation then I might not be sending out as many emails I might not be doing as with as much energy or something along those lines But this gives me the extra energy to keep going which quite frankly then let Helps me find new wins in terms of finding clients as well. And so it does help in terms of business and Frank honestly, I think and I'm sure this is completely from La La Land, but I do feel that in a sense when it rains it pours and when you do find this quick win You kind of hack things and so because when good things happen, they tend to happen in a row as well And so I feel like you really do literally hack life and then you're able to hack your life into Starting good things coming and it's an easy win, but it brings other wins with it I don't know. I'm it's probably all in my head, but you know Hey, if it's some weird placebo effect that works on me, I figure it works on me So why not so try it out for yourself if you feel like you're in a rut if you feel like you haven't been accomplishing much lately Try to find a quick win whatever that might mean for you again I mentioned what it is for me and for you it might be completely different or something similar and And yeah, let me know actually let me know if you have other types of quick wins or you know Things that give you a sense of accomplishment that you use because I'm curious to find other ones Maybe that I can use as well So feel free to let me know if there are any ones that you've been using or that you have as a go-to for yourself And yeah, hopefully you can find this useful for the next time you feel You know down in the doldrums and you feel you feel in that rut and you feel that it's harder to keep going on and Hopefully this can help you switch it and make everything work well again That's all I got so like if you do subscribe if you haven't and I'll see you in the next video and also if you subscribe don't forget to click on the little bell next to the subscription thing So then you get automatic notification For when there's a new video because that way you don't have to keep checking if there's a new video or not But you'll be notified right away. 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