Force yourself to do the task anyway; or Let yourself off the hook Choose to take care of yourself, and then come back to the task when you’re more replenished Find a reason to do the task that inspires you to do it, even if you’re tired—for example, if you knew that doing a task would save a million people’s lives, you probably wouldn’t say, “Oh, but I’m too tired right now” Ask for other people’s help Find a creative approach that has you bringing play to the task while also honoring your tiredness So become aware of your tendency—which one do you lean toward? There isn’t anything wrong with this tendency, but it will always get you the same results: avoidance gets you stuckness and self-judgment, while forcing yourself gets you a sense of burden, exhaustion, and apathy and can make you feel overwhelmed. So that is a given. Now what? Well, now you can move toward the tasks you’re resisting—the hard, scary tasks you want to put off.
But instead of forcing yourself, you want to try something different, which doesn’t feel like coercion and doesn’t make you feel so burdened and apathetic. Connect with your deeper Why. Something that inspires you to take action, instead of having to avoid or force yourself.
What would have you excited to tackle this? Let yourself play. Why does this have to feel like work, or a “nose to the grindstone” kind of thing? Why are we trying to just “get through” all of our work tasks and emails and meetings? What .