What is momentum?
Momentum is the energy you gain in pursuing something. It’s that moment when you feel the desire and enthusiasm and look forward with hope. It can apply to any endeavor you are committed to because the key word is COMMITMENT.
Unfortunately, lost momentum often means malaise, depression, sometimes doubt in the sense of what you are doing or even in yourself.
Is momentum important and why?
It is crucial to see things through to the end. Especially when challenges arise, and the road gets bumpy. Momentum makes us change means of transportation if necessary and disregard holes in the asphalt.
I guess anyone who has engaged in something long-term knows what it means to lose momentum.
You know the feeling when you lack the enthusiasm so necessary to complete something.
However, it takes more than affection, even the most ardent, to see things through to the end.
What is needed is the conviction that we want to complete or continue something.
In life, we are not guided by what we think is right, but by what we believe.
Therefore it is very important to ask the question – WHY?
Why should I continue, why should I look within myself for lost enthusiasm, strength, and desire?
A strong “WHY” will help you see that you are building a palace when you are toiling to transport boulders.
The lack of a proper- “WHY” will make you start complaining every time you feel the weight of the stone you are carrying and forget the purpose you are doing it for.
What is the value from lost momentum?
When you lose momentum, it can mean that you need to get a grip of yourself, get a grip of things and jump back on the path you’ve chosen. It can mean that you need external support, which can be additional training, courses, coaching, to help you get back to what was started or to complete it.
When you lose momentum, it can also mean the need to look around and see if you have taken the right direction, if you have started to neglect other important things, if you need a reformulation or a specific change within a particular direction or if you should continue on that path at all.
So, it is worth treating the feeling of lost momentum as a messenger who wants to give us an important message. Instead of giving in to discouragement, try asking yourself some questions:
- What is happening to me?
- What is going on around me?
- What is difficult?
- How can I deal with it?
- Where can I get inspiration from?
- Who can I talk to about it?
- Why do I care about it?
I strongly recommend asking yourself solution-oriented questions like the ones above, as opposed to problem-oriented questions e.g.:
- Why can’t I ever get things done?
- Why does something get in my way again?
- Why does it have to be so difficult?
- Why doesn’t anyone help me?
Moving toward solution-oriented questions has several key advantages:
It can help:
- Diagnose the problem
- Show possible options
- Point out the need to change direction
- Help you revise your Why
- And finally, it can help regain lost momentum
Getting back to lost momentum can sometimes be a decision sometimes a process.
If your “WHY” is strong enough, you will engage again.
However, if you find that this is not what you wanted, the lost momentum can turn into a launching point for new ventures.
Probably the most important thing to do when you feel like you’re losing that initial desire and enthusiasm is to stop and think about what’s going on. What’s contributing to the state you’re in.
And while this can be a starting point for new ventures, I strongly advise against making hasty decisions, jumping from one thing to another.
It will be much more valuable to take time to reflect, draw conclusions and possibly only slightly change direction.
I wish you a lot of perseverance and wisdom in moments of hesitation, which we all experience sooner or later.
And if you have a need to talk, need support on your path of development, I invite you to coaching sessions with me.