You know that thing that you dread the most—that task, project, race, effort or goal that has been haunting you for way too long? Ever notice that once you actually start doing it how it’s not nearly as hard as you thought it would be?
Well, if you’d actually start doing it, you’d notice.
Seriously.
Now that I’m actually making progress on my book, I’m realizing that it really isn’t that hard. I let myself off the hook and decided that the SFD was far less intimidating than writing the final version. And the final version will be far easier once I have the SFD. All I’m doing at this point is telling a story—TO ME—and there is absolutely no pressure in that. In fact, it’s kind of fun.
I found the same thing with losing the weight. One day, I ate the cookie because I thought I deserved it. The next day, I skipped it for the same reason. Suddenly, missing out on a cookie wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as I’d made it out to be. These days, breaking out the computer and doing a little (bad) writing is a piece of cake…
…so to speak.