We need the illusion to move forward, to protect ourselves against melancholy and sadness and not to remain paralyzed. We need the illusion, the same as we need our dreams, but sometimes we run out of it. And we realize, we know perfectly well that we lack enthusiasm on a day-to-day basis. Do you know how to cultivate illusion? We tell you so you can get it back.
What is illusion for?
It’s not the alarm clock that gets you up in the morning, it’s the illusion. Illusion is a kind of inner food that motivates you to continue. If you can’t go without that coffee every morning, you can’t go without enthusiasm either, which is what gives you vital energy. The illusion also serves to be happy, not at all times, not 24 hours a day, but to have the feeling that life is worthwhile.
The term motivation, which is so fashionable and seems restricted to the workplace, also works in all areas of life. You need motivation (or a few motivations) and it feeds on your illusions, what you like to do at this precise moment and what you would like to do a little later.
Why do you run out of hope?
Being the illusion so important in our lives, you immediately realize when you lack it. You don’t feel like it, you don’t have hope, you’re unmotivated, you’re frustrated and the illusion has gone too far. Now yes, the only one that gets you up in the morning is the alarm clock and it is not the best company to live this day.
The lack of illusion has many causes, a downturn, an overload of responsibilities, fatigue, disappointments, mistakes, failures, sentimental breakups, family arguments. Other times you will think that your illusion has simply escaped from your life, but there is always a reason and you should do an introspection exercise to find out why your motivation has abandoned you. It especially watches over the spheres of work, family and the couple, although it can also be something more general like that existential vacuum that sometimes occurs.
How to cultivate illusion
Wherever the lack of illusion comes from, you can recover it. Illusion, like love and happiness, must also be cultivated and we have some ideas for you to recover it as soon as possible.
Small changes that change your life
You can start by introducing small changes in your day to day. Do different things that break your daily routine, skip the rules from time to time, your own rules. These are small changes, like having coffee in a different place, walking to work instead of driving, or having tea alone in a bar after work.
Check your goals
The lack of illusion leaves you without objectives in the short, medium and long term. And you can’t be like that. Review your goals because perhaps they have become obsolete at this stage of your life and recover those that can serve you. You can also set new goals, nothing happens, but try to keep them small at first so that you can meet them. As you meet your objectives, you will become motivated and you will notice how illusion returns to your life.
The things you like
Life is not worth it if you don’t do what you like. It is true that there will be responsibilities that you have to fulfill that do not suit your tastes, but spend a little time each day doing those things that you enjoy, those that make you smile or those that remind you of who you are. A coffee with friends, an afternoon reading, a walk in the park, knitting or, why not? getting a little bored on the sofa are simple and affordable things that will restore your taste for the present moment.
The first time
Now you have to go one step further and dare to do something for the first time. The first time you do something fills you with enthusiasm and as the years go by we have fewer first times. But look around you, surely there are a thousand things that you have not tried to do yet. Try something new, learn something new, have some new feeling.
Disconnect to recover the illusion
What if all this laziness is because you’re tired? In fact, it is the most frequent cause of lack of illusion. Your daily obligations are too many and you are exhausted. No, you can get rid of them forever but surely you can disconnect for a few minutes, an afternoon or even a weekend. Disconnecting and relaxing works wonders when it comes to cultivating illusion.
To great evils, great remedies
There are times when these small gestures are not enough to recover the illusion. When it comes to an existential void, when you have no illusion because you don’t like your life, because you feel cheated by life and by yourself, it’s time to make a big change. Getting out of your comfort zone is hard, but once you do, you never regret it. Because the moment you jump, the illusion is back in control in your life.