Have you ever had a deadline or goal but felt stuck and simply couldn’t take action? Maybe you were “shoulding” on yourself and immobilized from your mental tyranny.
In August 2001, every day for two weeks, I sat in front of my computer to write a seminar…and not one word came. Nothing.
I put so much pressure on myself that I stifled any creativity to write.
Eventually, I listened to what I was telling myself: I should’ve already done this, and I should’ve done it years ago.
I made peace with the situation by shifting my perspective from feeling “resistance is futile” to: I am where I am, and from here I will start.
Over the next four months I wrote a 60-page workbook… and then, because it became so big, I didn’t know what to do with it. After all of that work, it sat on a pile.
Fast forward seven years. I remembered the workbook when I discovered I didn’t like a manual for a four-day retreat I was to facilitate. Oh, did I mention it was less than a week away?
The workbook was a key for breakthroughs and fun throughout the event and saved me from being in another writing rut.
Retreat Workbook
TIP #1: Stop shoulding on yourself. Self-judgment holds you back. Like it or not, this is where you are, so make peace within by allowing you to be in the present moment.
When you accept yourself and your circumstance, you let go of the shoulds, pressure and negative self-talk. Then any small step will get you started. When this happens, you get out of your rut and pave the way for momentum.
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