You Don't Need To Be In The Mood To Do The Things!

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Waiting to “feel like it” can quietly run your life. We’ve all done it: putting off the email, the workout, the hard conversation, the messy room, the creative work because the mood isn’t right. Today we share a different approach, one that makes motivation feel less mysterious and a lot more practical: you don’t have to be in the mood to do the thing. You can move first and let your mood catch up. And, if you want more access to me, my coaching, and live monthly calls, I want to invite...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:09.9	Obvious but easily overlooked. You don't have to be in the mood to do the thing.
0:18.1	Ideally you are in the mood. Ideally you do feel energized and primed and raring to go.
0:22.8	And that's what, frankly, listening to Let It Be Easy Podcasts every morning will help you with
0:27.2	or having something else in your life that allows your daily consistency. This is why I have no ads,
0:33.3	my friends. I want you coming back every single morning. I want to be part of your routine.
0:37.5	Think about this for a moment. If emotions dictated what we do, we would be the most crazy people,
0:46.6	right? Because it would be sad one minute, angry the next, happy in another moment, grieving in another
0:51.4	moment. Our emotions cannot dictate our actions all of the time.
0:56.3	We would not be functional adults in the world. So this is what I've learned. Ideally, I can get
1:02.4	myself in the mood for something. That way my day is easier. I always say my superpower is I
1:08.5	decide that I'm in a good mood every day. And that allows everything to be so much more straightforward.
1:15.0	But whether or not you do make this decision and perhaps you are in a bit of a low mood or a mood that's not thrilling for you right now,
1:24.3	I would still like to reassure you that this does not have to be a hindrance in your life.
1:30.4	Okay, think about it. I bet you'll still brush your teeth today, even if you're not in the mood.
1:35.7	If you're in paid employment or if you have a business and there's stuff that you simply have to
1:40.0	get done or it will be too troublesome to do with it later, you probably do it, right? You show up,
1:46.2	you take the calls, you send the emails, and it's done in a matter of minutes. Maybe you think,
1:54.0	gosh, I've got to tidy up and no one wants to tidy up, right? It's like you look around, you're like,
1:58.1	oh. So you put on some music and you just start with a small
2:01.6	area and you do one small area, then another area, then another area. You don't need to feel
2:07.9	inspired to start, but the act of starting creates some momentum. It can kick off. Maybe not the
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