Is imagination a factor in motivation? Of course, you’ve got to be pretty committed to imagining fantastic things and wanting what you imagine. If you can’t really imagine it, can you create the motivation to achieve it?

As I’ve mentioned, I’m pretty unmotivated right now about weight loss. I understand intellectually that I need to lose weight, but I guess I just can’t really imagine what it would be like to really do it. I’d look better, and feel better, but clearly that’s not enough to make me really do what’s necessary to lose the lard.

This morning I set my alarm early with the intention of going for a long walk before breakfast. The alarm went off, I switched it off, rolled over and debated for 30 minutes whether I really wanted to go for a walk. In the end, I decided that my rest was obviously more important than my cardiac health, because I stayed in bed. Eventually I got up, ate an omelette and went to work.

So much for imagination and motivation. In practice, I’m lazy!