I haven't been practicing lately and am trying to find a way to motivate myself back into it.

[Jennah]

As the title says, I haven't been practicing lately and am trying to find a way to motivate myself back into a regular practice routine. I want to improve and get faster, and I am still very interested in it, but as an intermediate beginner I lack motivation sometimes. I haven't practiced in over a month which is probably an issue. I'm worried that my times will increase and I will lose muscle memory. But every time I think about practicing, I think, "Maybe a break will be good for me," and maybe a small break is good but not this big.

anyway, I am trying to find motivation, and time is not an issue for me, I have plenty of time in my day. Any ideas?

 

[artless1der]

do a few searches and watch videos of Feliks Zemdegs in his early years

there's one I saw (he was 10-11?) and doing a 7×7 solve on the old original V-Cube and it POP'd! on him, and the vid shows him scrambling around searching the floor to find the pieces to put it back together to get his solve finished and not DNF haha

 

[artless1der]

also: HURRY UP And Get MOTIVATED Already! lolol

 

[Jennah]

do a few searches and watch videos of Feliks Zemdegs in his early years

there's one Insaw (he was 10-11?) and doing a 7×7 solve on the old original V-Cube and it POP'd! on him, and the vid shows him scrambling around searching the floor to find the pieces to put it back together to get his solve finished and not DNF haha

Thanks for the tip

 

[joshisbored]

this sounds weird, but sign up for a comp. i was losing motivation and didn't practice for a while,then I signed up fro a comp then I was back on track

 

[Spencer131]

I would agree that registering for a comp is a good way to get motivation. Pick a subset of events that you want to prioritize. If there is a "theme" of the competition, such as having lots of rounds of OH, then that event is a natural choice to provide some external motivation.

Your motivation could also be a quantifiable goal such as learning an algorithm set, getting to a certain time, or being able to inspect to a certain depth.

 

[CFOP INC]

Comps are great also be really bad for about a week then you'll wanna impress people again and get good. At least thats what happened to me then I got a job ha.

btw just finished a 11 and a half hour shift lol