The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit.
We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance.
This second, we can sit down and do our work.
-Steve Pressfield, The War of Art
Although I haven’t read the book, I have seen the idea of “resisting resistance” from a great many of people lately. I too believe in resisting resistance.
When I first started blogging full-time, in August 2016, I challenged myself to 30-days straight. That quickly snowballed into 90 consecutive days of blog posts. Since then I have played around with when I write and how often, but my current format is to take weekends off and blog on weekdays.
Changing it up like this has been really difficult. Each week is a challenge against resistance. Each week I have to make sure I don’t fall into the procrastination trap, and I MUST blog again. I challenge myself to get back into writing each, and every, Monday. The reasoning behind it is simple: I want to put myself into a place where I can fail, and then make sure I don’t.
Another Monday, another blog post. So far, so good.