How To Get Out Of A Mental Rut

Has this ever happened to you?
One day, life seems to be going great and everything seems to be progressing well.
But the next day, you wake up with no motivation whatsoever and you suddenly feel stuck.
Just going through your daily routine is a struggle and it feels like a chore. And to make matters worse, you beat yourself up for not being as productive as you'd like to be.

What happened is you've entered a mental rut.
It's basically a state of mind where you feel stuck, purposeless and you're unable to motivate yourself.
And doing anything that day can be difficult.
Days like these will come unexpectedly, seemingly out of nowhere, and can last for days or even weeks.

In today's video I'll talk about how to get out of this state.

Sleep videos mentioned:

[joanneng]

1. Allow yourself to take a break, it will keep your productivity up and prevent burnout.
2. Exercise
3. Have a balanced diet, eat nutritious food and stay hydrated.
4. Get enough sleep, typically 7-9 hours
5. Go outside occasionally and surround yourself in nature
6. Switch up your routine, do something differently, to give yourself something to look forward to
7. Write down your goals and aim for them
8. Start small and build up your productivity from there
9. This too shall pass, wait for the good times that will come!

[LifeVersity]

moods and feelings go up and down - habits stay consistent!

[scoobydoobies]

An instant fix I've found is to clean. Your car, your room, the kitchen, etc, just find something and do a deep clean. It calms down your panic mode, gets you out of any stimulation manic episode, and gets your body moving.

[walterm.robertsiiiphd]

"Rest in order to work harder." --Aristotle.

[gabrieljordan]

I learned the hard way that doing the same thing day after day and expecting different results ultimately will drive you insane. I wish these self help videos were around back in my 20s because at the time I had absolutely no guidance in this crazy game we call life.

[panpap]

Whoever is making these videos is a really nice person and helps a lot! God bless you!💐

[altruistic]

I was totally being unproductive for the past few days. Maybe I shall be able to come out of it after watching this video. May God bless you for trying to uplift people❤

[wkegurr]

I was able to get by in my darkest hours in the past years through these videos. I just noticed that it has been a long time since your last upload. I hope you're doing well. I missed your videos so I'm rewatching it again. I hope to hear from this channel again someday if not soon.

[TheDarkky]

"You can't expect to be happy if you're in a box all day. You need sunshine, fresh air and nature." Hard to get some fresh air when in the middle of a pandemic. I've been 3 weeks inside and I thought I had my routine sorted, but now I feel stuck and don't really know what to do.

[martaandronic]

Thank you so much for all these videos, it really helped me. Has been 4-5 days(it seemed much more) since I'm feeling bad, unmotivated, sad, anxious and the current situation isn't helping. From tomorrow I'll try to "recover" and don't let frivolous things overwhelm me. Thanks again for your videos!!

[danielmorgado]

I've been struggling with a lot of the situations that you mentioned. I feel grateful of listen to answers. Thanks a lot. Your content is widely valuable.

[NamgyalRai]

This video is a treasure to be cherished and stashed deep into the heart. Thanks to this channel for creating such a wonderful content.

[manuellopez]

I hope you understand how much this is helping me and others bro, thank you so much!!

[daves]

Wow once again you upload a video at the perfect time that I need it!

[Dasein]

7:30 - exactly right. No goals, no direction.

[JamesBenny]

For me gratitude had been pretty huge for anyone wondering. In my case I was anxious for no reason and started just being sterner with myself. You need to be in todays society, a harsh view but it’s working for me so far ;) I think you have more power than you think x

[zipiwolsner]

A great deal of your advice is known to me and proved. But the way you present it is so reliable and interesting, that I pretend not knowing it and just listen to you thinking how valuable all you're saying is. Thank you so much!

[stevostevic]

Thank you! Sometimes it is hard to start and start small is great idea to achieve a start and then to achieve the goal.

[Vollgasmus]

That Bob Ross quote at the end made my day :)

[HazFrostYT]

Your channel has taught me so many things that I can't even imagine.
I'm a lazy guy who sits on a pc watching youtube and playing video games for the whole day.
Little did I know how much I didn't know about why I was doing it. There is dopamine, laziness, will power, and so much more.
Even if you think twice about it you can't counter how much you want dopamine, how lazy you are or anything like that. And if you do, it will feel awful.
It depends on how you were made. Productivity is something VERY difficult for me, and sometimes I can't do these simples steps listed in your videos.
Such as going outside for a walk since I'm stuck in my home. But when I grow up this is going to be a life changer. Thanks.