Life Unfolds in Chapters & Phases - A Question

[VictorB02]

Hey everyone, I was watching @Leo Gura video about how life unfolds in chapters and phases. What was amazing to hear and probably the most relieving thing to hear was that the limbo phase is real, it’s okay, and it’s normal.

I’m an extremely ambitious person and waking up with almost no motivation and no purpose and sense of direction has been really hard to handle.

My question regards what I should do about being in the limbo phase, Because I have just started a clothing brand around 6 months ago, which was the outcome of my last limbo phase. I have put thousands of dollars and tons of work into The brand and it is just getting to the point to where it may or may not be successful (showing promise but not “successful” yet), but my motivation and passion for it has absolutely evaporated. In the video he says in the limbo stage you develop a new vision, so my question for you guys is if it is possible to have started something during the last chapter and it continue through into the next like a business and just ride out the low motivation until I feel more motivated to do something with the clothing brand, or is it something that even though I put thousands of dollars and hours into it, it’s just not what my next chapter holds? What do you think?

Edit for context: maybe it’s because I’ve had this vision before, 4 years ago, and tried starting a clothing brand - so the vision wasn’t really “new”? Maybe it wasn’t a strong enough vision? Or maybe I’m overthinking and my passion for this will come back after I decompress? 

thanks! 

Edited August 26, 2020 by VictorB02
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[Space]

@VictorB02 The periods of low motivation are really some of the most important parts of starting a business or learning a new skill. They highlight your true intentions for doing the work and show you whether its truly the right path for you.

You have to ask yourself, do you still love or at least have passionate/ engaging thoughts about the work even during periods of low motivation? If you completely loose interest in it then I suspect this isn't the right path for you.

My experience is that if it's the right path for you, then even during periods of low motivation (which happen for everyone) there is still a sense of 'I truly love doing this and there is absolutely no way that i'm going to give up on this'. This enables you to push through the low motivation, or it at least allows you to take a short break whilst still knowing that you'll be back at it in a day or two or however long.

You never really loose motivation or passion for something that you are truly passionate about.

[VictorB02]

@Space Thank you. That really helped a lot, sure enough, shortly after righting this I had an insane boost of inspiration and motivation to keep on, must've just been a threshold guardian in my mind