Doing What Must Be Done

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There’s little chance of doing or enjoying what must be done. But it’s great to complete a challenge. So why not think of what must be done as a challenge to your personal qualities and motivation?

Here are some good reasons for that…

What we have to do (like work, studying, house tasks) usually has a future benefit for us. It’s different from what we usually do or what we would like to do, so we take it as an obligation. Yet it still will improve our life when complete, won’t it?

Even a simple chore like washing the dishes now will leave you more free time later. So instead of thinking about before and later, like we usually do when faced with an obligation, think of now and just start doing it.

Little by little, you’ll get committed to completing it successfully and motivated to do so. You’ll realize you needed to do it. And in the middle of the task you’ll know you want to. Just because you’re doing it now.