Motivation please!

How fantastic is it when life is rolling along just how you like it? I don't know about the majority of people but I find that there's usually at least one area of my life that I feel could use a 'pick-me-up'. At the moment it's a few different areas of my life...I feel like I have 'dropped the ball', if you will, and I need buckets of motivation to do the smallest things.

Ok, I will be brave and more specific. In order, the three areas in need of the most attention for me right now are:

1) my body - I promised myself a few months ago that, if I did nothing else this pregnancy, I would walk on our cross-trainer as often as possible (at least 3 times a week but preferably 5 times). I'm not thinking about my appearance only here (although that is definitely an issue for me at the moment), I'm thinking about preparing my body for a potential VBAC delivery. Well, I know I will likely need another c-section but if there's even a chance of a VBAC I need to be in top shape for my peace of mind. I went really well for a couple of months and I was really keeping the weight down. Over the last few weeks I have been on the cross-trainer maybe twice! This is crazy because I really enjoy my time on there listening to old songs and thinking about this baby and life in general. I'm not sure why my motivation has taken a dive but I will be doing my best to get it back!

2) my house - I am such a 'house proud' person who can't seem to concentrate in a mess! My house is a mess for my standards (and a bit unclean too if truth be told!). It is very difficult to maintain my house when I am this far along with my pregnancy...I've been advised not to pick up the vacuum cleaner or do anything over-exerting due to the massive tendancy I have towards getting Symphasis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD, a painful condition in pregnancy where the pelvis is more unstable than usual due to the hormone relaxin and damaging or repetitive movements). I ended up on crutches when pregnant with Jasper because of this condition and I'm getting early symptoms again. Hmmmm, actually maybe my issue isn't the cleaning of the house at all, it's probably more to do with how unorganised I am in the house at the moment! What I mean is that I have 101 things I need to schedule into my diary to do...things that, until I schedule them, are just sitting around the house reminding me of my laziness! This is what I mean...(look in the background of this photo I took this afternoon and you will see the part of our desk in the study with many papers to deal with and other random things that just need putting away. You can also see a sewing machine out and ready as there's at least 4 bags of material lying around waiting to be masterpieces!)...

3) my business - my business is a bit of a joke at the moment actually! I became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator at least 5 months ago and, while I absolutely love making things using my products, I am currently too nervous to set up a demonstration/party! After talking with Lisa (the lovely lady who recruited me) I am convinced that the cause for my nerves is that while I am pregnant I tend to 'over think' about things and, coupled with the infamous 'pregnancy brain' (where it's really difficult to construct any sentence you may wish to articulate and you wind up sounding very silly!), I am uncharacteristically shy and withdrawn! When I signed up as a demonstrator I remember telling Lisa how my favourite part would be giving the demonstrations because I get a 'buzz' when talking about products I believe in (I know this from my experience as a store manager in Perth)...so imagine the buzz when talking about products I believe in to do the craft that I'm passionate about, scrapbooking!

Ok, so maybe I need to get organised in my house, before I can work on my body, before I get confident enough to work on my business...or is that just a cop-out? I haven't told a single soul about my Blog yet so the question is very much rhetorical (as much as I would love to just be given all the answers!)...