Hello, good morning and welcome back or welcome to Morning Ray. I'm your host, Lan or Alana,

and I got a DM last week saying that they thought my name was Ray. My name is Alana. Well,

technically my first name is Alanna Ray. So it's not

that far off, but my name's Alana. The show is called Morning Ray because my name is Alanna Ray.

It's hyphenated. I never go by it. But that is my first name. And Morning Ray came from me being

known for my morning routines, kind of like

a ray of light. I don't know. It's just a play on words anyhow. The show is Morning Ray. My name's

Alana, or you can call me Lan, but just to clarify for anyone who might have been confused about

what my name is, it's Alana or Lan. And today's episode is going to be answering the question of

how do I stay motivated? I swear this is probably one of the most asked questions that I get when

I post my Q&A's on Instagram at Alana Bloomberg and it's a question I'm always asked by friends, family, colleagues, people I

meet, whoever. How do I stay motivated to continue to work out, take care of myself, to push

myself in my career, especially with being self-employed, to post online, to put myself out there,

to continue to date, anything.

Like, how do I stay motivated?

In simplicity, before we get into the bulk of the episode, I don't always stay motivated.

I'm human just like you guys.

And unfortunately, motivation is something that it's great when we have it, but it's kind of like that toxic ex-boyfriend,

hopefully ex-boyfriend, but that toxic relationship where it's very hot and cold, it's unreliable,

it's flaky, it's inconsistent, and it's something we cannot rely on in order to get our goals achieved, to work towards our goals,

and to do the things that we want to do and accomplish in life.

Unfortunately, that's motivation for you.

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