1) Have a (big) goal.
The goal can be related to anything: fitness goals, book reading goals, language learning goals, business goals etc. The point is – if you don’t have a goal then you have no reason to be motivated every day. So have a mission that you are excited to work on and see yourself improving every day. Just have one clear goal in your mind. Goals can be gigantic or minuscule. It only matters that you have one and that you work towards making it happen.
2) Read or listen to motivating work.
Every morning I start my day by doing some exercise and listening to music or a podcast. It is important than you can learn something from that work, get inspired and pumped up or both. Reading or listening to fiction audiobooks is for relaxation. In the morning you have to get your body fired up and start gaining some momentum. Listening to just one song can do the trick.
3) Experiment with drinking or not drinking coffee.
Coffee is probably the world’s greatest drug. There’s a reason almost everybody in the morning drinks coffee – it works. But for you it might not work. For me personally, early morning coffee can invoke feelings of anxiousness. I can’t help it, it just is what it is. Drinking it later in the day is fine. So if that hot cup of espresso in the morning is working for you – keep drinking it. If you fell like it isn’t really doing anything for you – well cut it out and you might feel happier without it. You can’t really know until you experiment.
4) Work on your mindset.
There are n+1 books on this topic so I am not going to bore you with what hasn’t been already said before (mindfulness, meditation, spirituality). To cut straight to the point – yes, from my experience your mind is not always your friend, as hippie or woo-woo that might sound. It is a separate entity – a sort of child that can wrack havoc if you simply choose to ignore it. Be aware of it and see if you catch yourself constantly ruminating in your day-to-day activities. To begin, I can recommend reading the books of Benjamin Hoff and Eckhart Tolle. Eliud Kipchoge in the Breaking2 documentary (2017) is also incredible. Go watch it!