When it comes to sitting down to write, I have earned multiple degrees in stall tactics. 

Just check this one more thing, need to grab a cup of tea, did I forget to changeover the laundry, etc.

At some point, I’ve either stalled too long and need to call it a night or I cut through my brain’s resistance at starting and just get to it. My lifelong mission is to commit to the latter every time I sit down and will try every tactic available.

Otherwise, I will look back upon decades of stalling and missed opportunities to get some work done. I’ve already felt the pain of stalling for so long already and despite my constant output, it’s still not automatic.

Yet I’ll keep on going until it becomes that way or serious life circumstances prevent me from doing so.

Waiting, procrastinating, stalling… once they become habits, they’re incredibly difficult to break.

They may feel only temporary (just for today), but they become lifelong bedrocks.