If you are procrastinating on some task, it is likely because of some micro-friction or some tiny aspect of unclarity. It’s too easy to say, “I just don’t have the time,” or “I just don’t want to,” but I bet there is something more to it. Here’s my example: I use MyFitnessPal to track my food. For a few months, I put off entering any food. The task is on my daily checklist. The task is in my brain. It’s not that hard. It’s doesn’t take much time. But, I haven’t been doing it. When I finally examined what the problem was, the reason dawned on me. I changed the recipe on my multi-ingredient daily shake. And, in my mind, inputting the new ingredients into MyFitnessPal was going to be a pain. So, I just didn’t do it. And because I didn’t do it, I then didn’t enter in any food. The whole task was abandoned because of one little micro-friction. For you: think about one thing you are procrastinating on. Then, figure out what very small micro-friction, or point of unclarity, has stopped all progress. Get super small and specific in your analysis. It might be as simple as firing off a single email. But what is it? Often resolving whatever that micro-friction or point of unclarity is can unstick the whole task.
First day of the rest of your life or all downhill from here
"Every day is better than the next." I missed it the first time I heard this line in the movie, "There's Something About Mary." This time, I got it. After laughing I realized something. I have spent years of my life on the wrong side of the equation. "Every day is...