Absence of demotivators, and presence of motivators

One thing I have learnt in my life, is that to maintain a high level of motivation, I need to not only look for those things that motivate me, but I need to keep my life as free as possible from the things that drain that motivation.

For instance, I could have goals that I am really passionate about – I could have them written down, or even have pictures of what I am wanting to achieve – those are great motivators. But if I have been driving myself day after day for a long time with little sleep and no rest, tiredness will eventually overcome that motivation.

In the same way, I could have all the motivators in place, but if there is a looming disaster in my life, fear can become totally debilitating. Or what about sadness? I've been through a few incidents in my life that made me seriously sad – and that drained me of all motivation until I was able to recover and begin to see the world positively again.

So when thinking and reading about motivation, I have to not only look at scriptures that specifically focus on motivation or those things that I believe are motivational, but also at those scriptures that show me how to remove the things that are not motivational.