Feb 17, 2023
The past few weeks, I've been adjusting to a new morning routine.
Moving outside in the sunshine helps the body recalibrate to wake up earlier. But somehow the effort of actually putting on my socks and sneakers soon after waking up has seemed like waaaaay too much effort.
At a conscious level I told myself: "It's no big deal. You'll be ready in a minute."
And then I tried to Nike or Yoda my way: "Saying you'll try isn't good enough. Just do it. Go on, do it."
But I still wasn't putting the socks on and didn't want to try to muster up the willpower either.
Instead I took the easy peasy route: I put on flip-flops (it's warm here in Cape Town), walked to get my cup of coffee, sipped it on the way home, and began to write.
As writers we are so used to working hard, and to things being hard, that it can be hard to let it be easy.
If you've experienced something as difficult in the past (like pitching ideas), or know that a task is challenging for others (like writing quickly), you may subconsciously make it harder for yourself.
Why?
Because you believe the dominant narrative that it is hard.
Thankfully, there's a way to let go of the habit of making things harder than they are by working with your brain instead of against it.
This bonus episode is a followup to this week’s main episode 218, When it’s hard to let it be easy
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