Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Resistance”
I have long felt the urge to punch the copywriter who penned Just Do It because it sounds to me like an order– a condescending directive from someone who doesn’t appreciate how impossible the proposition is. I get that I’m reading too much into it. I probably spend more energy resisting effort than it takes to actually do something. Why …
A year ago I was totally daunted by the thought of packing up my house in NH. What would I do with all the stuff? If the subject was raised my overwhelming desire was to put my hands over my ears and say blah blah I can’t hear you. Now it’s happening. In two weeks I leave for the US …
I’ve been talking recently about vicious self-talk and beating yourself up over not getting further on your goals. It doesn’t help when every time you think about your project you get caught in a loop of regret and castigation. I don’t know about you, but guilt does not motivate me. Instead it just makes me dig in deeper and want to …
How many of us talk to ourselves like this? “Way to go, good job, you got this, yep that’s the way.” Or does it sound more like, “You idiot. What do you think you’re doing? No one’s going to want that.” A lot of us who have trouble getting things done are very mean to ourselves. “I never do what …
A teacher I admire wrote this in her newsletter: Beware anyone who tells you what you want can be “easy.” Easy is a drug. Easy is not discerning. Easy is for lazy people. I didn’t exactly bristle when I read that, but I questioned myself. “Stella thinks easy is bad. I strive for easy. How can those two things co-exist? …