1. I sometimes will change into my uniform or at least a part of it like the pants to try to put me in the frame of mind simiar to when I am at class. It’s sort of like taking off your fuzzy slippers and bathrobe and putting on something decent to sit down and work from home.
2. I do laundry or clean the bathroom. Practicing quickly starts to look better and better.
3. I put on a little ”Kung Fu Fighting.”  Well no…not really. In fact, I really can’t stand that song but figured you’d be expecting that one and didn’t want to disappoint.
4. I make a deal with myself just to get my warm ups done. Once I’ve finished, that usually is enough to get things going even on low energy days to get some additional practice time in.
5. If I really am not up for practicing physically (injured, really sore, sick whatever) I use some of the time I would have spent physically practicing on doing some extra mental side like meditating or visualizing. In fact, visualizing yourself going through a form or something that you find difficult and picturing yourself doing it well can be quite helpful. Scientific studies show that going through these “mental gymnastics” actually cause the same muscles to fire as if you were actually doing the activity.

Basically, on those days when you are just not in the mood are the days where you also get practice some self discipline by doing it anyway. Easier said then done but if you wanted easy - well this aint’ it.

What do you do when you know you should practice but just aren’t in the mood?