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Read this article whenever You do not feel productive
You don’t need to feel productive in order to be massively productive.
In fact, the worse you feel but still do it, the more adaptable and powerful you will become.
The illusion of not feeling ready
So I remember last week when I was supposed to edit one of these videos but somehow that day there was an invisible force preventing me from doing it
I went for a long walk instead, cleaned up the apartment, watched 30 YouTube videos, and tried to do every single possible shore that was out there except the one thing that would progress me forward.
Then when another hour went by and I frantically tried to clear the endless watch later list, I suddenly realized why I was doing all of this to myself:
I did not feel ready
I had this illusion that I had to be ready to sit down, ready to do all the creative snap decisions, ready to muster up the mental fortitude to blast through the session.
And I did not feel it. I felt that there was still one more thing to do, a few more hours to rest, a few more minutes of consumption.
I think that most people think it the same way. They put off these non-urgent but important activities until they feel…