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What do you do when you keep at a thing because of discipline but you don’t feel your heart in it anymore?

I mean, it’s easier to move on to the next best thing and build the discipline to forge ahead in it, and then move on to the next best thing again when you don’t feel your heart in the former anymore.

This is something most creatives and everyone at some point feel. You’ve stayed on a thing, you had your why and built consistency around it through discipline and commitment but after a while, you were just being consistent with it because you couldn’t give room for complacency.

In a situation like this, if possible, a break from the activity should be considered. While doing this, map out a timeline for yourself to get back gradually into the activity. You need this timeline especially when a lot of things depend on the why of this activity; your heart will definitely catch up with your head when you get back at it.

Bringing on a new feel to that activity can help spark up the activity. This could be a person, a change in location, a change of instruments maybe gadgets, depending on what you use, trying out new methods and introducing systems that can add life to the activity.

You should also journal your thoughts about how this activity makes you feel every day whether or not you are taking a break. This helps you process and evaluate better your feelings which in turn can lead to further actions that could revive the spark in that activity.

You can turn off the switch on the activity too. When something isn’t working or serving you and its purpose anymore, it is wisdom to be honest with yourself to know when to walk away. Take your lessons and keep moving forward.

Finally, I think that discipline is great and it signals to your brain that you should be undertaking an activity even when your body doesn’t feel like it. More times than often, you might need to keep at a thing even when it doesn’t feel like it anymore not because you can’t walk away but because your ‘why’ is a lot more important than how you feel. 

Don’t walk away from things easily. Sometimes, it takes time for you to see the good in something, and in some other cases, your consistency with the activity has clouded your mind to see the blessing that the result of your activity is to you and those it serves.

No matter your decision, make sure you aren’t sabotaging yourself in the process. I’m rooting for you. Keep Shining.

Thank you for reading.