For so long I had always thought Inspiration and Motivation meant the same thing. It’s enlightening to know the difference now. Motivation is always based on motive and external influence, while inspiration is based on a driving force that fuels your desire. Motivation is what reminds you of your purpose of doing what you are doing while inspiration is based on an internal influence that gives you excitement when trying to achieve your goal.
Well I have come to understand that cryptocurrencies and finance generally is my inspiration. I went to the university to study chemistry but finance has always been my inspiration. I wanted to study a finance related course just for the joy and excitement. So the moment I discovered cryptocurrency it was easier for me learn and enjoy it while learning. Ever since I started creating contents on Hive I have been loving every single step of it. I feel I have a lot of knowledge to acquire and I have a lot of knowledge to relatively dispense also. But sometimes the inspiration to keep going slows down,either on investing/trading cryptocurrency or creating content about cryptocurrency on Hive. As humans it’s normal because we get doubts sometimes and we need something to ignite the inspiration back.
After a long day of trying to figure what to write, I just go out for a walk to get inspiration and get reminded of why am doing this. The reminder is that it makes me feel better and gives me a sense of accomplishment that I had learnt something about cryptocurrency or I have dispensed my ideas to the world or whoever reads them. The beauty of inspiration towards doing something you love is that it makes you limitless. In my case, it makes my desire for crypto knowledge limitless. Some of my friends see me as a Crypto Wikipedia because they feel I know a lot about cryptocurrency. This looks convincing because am always learning on Hive.
While investing, trading or creating content on cryptocurrency, there are days where you don’t feel inspired because probably things didn’t go well as planned. You might have a bad day while investing or a bad day while creating content because people didn’t engage on your post and this makes you sad. This is normal but you need to find a way to revive your inspiration.
Sometimes one of the best ways to get inspired especially when things are not working out for you while trading in Crypto or investing is to have a pause and have a rethink. According to in Giving Self-Reward to Myself
Don't be so hard on yourself when what you want isn't what you expected. You can rest first. No need to rush, everything needs a process.
Trading can be exhausting mentality, the earlier you realize to take a break the better for you. Reminding yourself that “It was a bad day, not a bad life” goes a long way. You had a bad day creating content or trading cryptocurrency doesn’t define your whole life, pull yourself together and think of other possibilities. Always promise yourself that you will always do better next time.