My work life and my creativity and my motivation in general have seemed to soar during this time.

And I absolutely credit a lot of that to this time that we've spent just simply playing for the sake of playing.

Hey, my name is Jenna Kutcher and I am obsessed with all things business, marketing, numbers, and helping you to navigate both the messy and the magical seasons of this thing called life.

I'm a small town mama who took a $300 camera, grew a successful photo biz, and now I work from home in Runa 7 figure online business.

I teach you the tried and true secrets to building a career you adore.

Shia away from the real talk? No way. Money, hardship, growth, loss, and marketing are all topics we discuss here.

Think of this as your one stop shop for happy hour with a gal pal mixed with business school.

Pull up a seat, make sure you're cozy, and get ready to be challenged and encouraged while you learn.

This is the Gold Digger Podcast. Tell me this. Have you ever had a time where you just wake up and you don't want to do what you're supposed to do for that day?

Or beyond just one day, have you ever experienced a period of time where it just feels like motivation simply left the building and you're left wondering, how the heck am I supposed to get anything done here?

It's super easy to blame yourself or to claim the title of unmotivated for yourself when that's simply not the case, nor is it helpful.

In this world that is constantly telling us that if we're not growing, we're dying and that our worth is measured by our output, it can become daunting to wake up and not feel that spark of motivation to get after your dreams.

But truth be told, it's a part of life and it's definitely a part of entrepreneurship and it's a component of the creative process.

I remember one season when I was so burnt out as a wedding photographer, like just looking at my calendar filled me with dread.

Not because I didn't love my job or love my clients, but just feeling like, I'm going to make it through this.

It's kind of that mentality. I was talking to my mom the other day and she was like, yeah, when life slows down, I'm going to get that massage that you got me that gift card for.

And I was like, mom, has life ever slowed down? No, it doesn't. But when we're unmotivated and when we still have to show up and perform or have an output or do the work,

man, it can feel really, really daunting. One thing that I know to be true is that motivation isn't something that some people either have or don't have within us.

It's way more fluid than that and it comes and goes just like all of our other emotions do happiness sadness frustration excitement.

So for you to expect to wake up every single day feeling motivated to achieve amazing things and make this incredible progress on your work or your projects.

It's a kind of expecting to wake up every day beaming with joy and smiling from ear to ear.

It's simply not realistic because we're humans. We're not robots.

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