day 1: opened the doc. day 14: finished the project. spent…
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day 1: opened the doc. day 14: finished the project.
spent 6 weeks avoiding a project that would've probably taken 2 days if i had just done it.
every morning i'd open my laptop, look at the file for a second, feel that stupid dread, then find literally anything else to do.
one day i got tired of trying to force myself.
so i made a deal with myself:
day 1: all i had to do was open the document.
day 2: wrote one sentence.
day 3: maybe two.
a few days later, a paragraph.
after about a week i noticed something weird. the file didn't feel scary anymore.
by day 14 the project was done.
looking back, the biggest mistake was thinking i needed motivation before starting. turns out i just needed to start small enough that my brain stopped making such a big deal out of it.
anyway, figured i'd share in case someone else is staring at the same task for the 50th time this week.
i ended up writing a longer breakdown of what helped me because this post would've been way too long otherwise. happy to share it if anyone wants it.
#inspiration
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spent 6 weeks avoiding a project that would've probably taken 2 days if i had just done it.
every morning i'd open my laptop, look at the file for a second, feel that stupid dread, then find literally anything else to do.
one day i got tired of trying to force myself.
so i made a deal with myself:
day 1: all i had to do was open the document.
day 2: wrote one sentence.
day 3: maybe two.
a few days later, a paragraph.
after about a week i noticed something weird. the file didn't feel scary anymore.
by day 14 the project was done.
looking back, the biggest mistake was thinking i needed motivation before starting. turns out i just needed to start small enough that my brain stopped making such a big deal out of it.
anyway, figured i'd share in case someone else is staring at the same task for the 50th time this week.
i ended up writing a longer breakdown of what helped me because this post would've been way too long otherwise. happy to share it if anyone wants it.
#inspiration
source
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