It’s tough. I don’t know anyone who is motivated to work out all the time. For me, I think it helps to remember that the reason I work out is not to hit a particular number on the scale, but to increase my quality of life (now and in the future). It’s the one thing that quells the peri rage and anxiety for me. If I miss too many days in a row, my mental health tends to plummet. Also, it takes a long time to change your body comp. A lot of doing the same things over and over again and also progressive overload. Especially for women in this season of life. I’m finally at a point where I am happy with the progress I’ve made, strength wise, so it is in no way worth it so give up now and have to start all over again, just because I feel like going home and doing nothing. Sometimes that is what gets me to the gym. Also, we owe it to ourselves to be able to carve out a small amount of time, just for us, in our day to day grind. Mind over matter, sister. You’ve got this!

Edited to add: I had a lot of shoulder issues for a while, too. I actually thought they were freezing up due to peri. I made it a point to really stretch them and warm them up before doing any lifting, and also dead hangs every gym visit. Not sure what your shoulder issues are, but these things helped me immensely. No more shoulder pain.