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Motivate Yourself to Get Moving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Bringing yourself to terms with having to exercise on a regular basis comes down to motivating yourself. Here are some helpful tips to keep up your motivation (and, as a result, your health). Even if you don’t want to lose weight, though, having somebody to exercise with is very motivating. Make a Pact with a Friend.

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Identify Your Money Motivations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead, it’s important to figure out your money motivations. Looking at your motivations helps you figure out how to address the problem, and to make long-term changes to your spending behaviors. Consider your money motivations, and then look at whether your spending plan matches your priorities. I love spending money.

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How to Motivate Yourself to Clean your House

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are one of the millions who hate doing housework then read on to discover just how to motivate yourself to clean your house. Here are some of the strategies I implemented to make housework, well, not exactly enjoyable, but certainly helped me be motivated to do what was needed.

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10 Tips on how to motivate yourself to exercise more

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But if you belong to the opposite crowd, those who drag themselves to the gym or fall asleep lacing up their running shoes, then you have bigger fish to fry: lack of motivation. But how do you motivate yourself to get off the couch and exercise? Money, like health, is always a good motivator. Key in the words “Time to Move!”

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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

Since I don’t know any details about your financial situation, I can’t give you any specific ideas about how not to keep making things worse, but I can try to answer the focus question. Few of us humans are motivated by shame, and that includes shame we heap on ourselves. JEG I really did not! from early blogging days!

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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

This amid throngs of other behavioral science studies validating the power of gamifying weight-loss efforts: money-motivated obesity intervention and prevention. For fun-seekers who enjoy engagement, Fitocracy is an app offering online games and social networks to help users stay motivated improve their fitness.

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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The money advice I would give a younger version of myself falls into two categories: “What were you thinking?” It’s about those things that my now self would probably want to give my then self a swift kick in the pants for motivation. Don’t Give Your Future Self More to Be Upset About.

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