Also want to share another tip for getting stuff done when we’re procrastinating or “stuck” in terms of creativity:

Just use this script…
“I’m not going to do [the whole project]. I’m only going to do [the next physical, visible, easy action.]”

…literally say it aloud to yourself.

Repeat as necessary.

What you’re doing is having your higher brain (the part of your conscious brain that plans and executes) soothe your lower/reactive brain so that you don’t freeze up in perfectionism or fear about failure.

What’s amazing is that the lower/reactive brain will believe what the higher brain says.

For example, “I’m not going to write a blog post – I’m just going to open a document.”

Then if more is needed to get unstuck: “I’m not going to write a blog post, I’m just going quickly to jot down 3 things that I don’t want my audience to miss in this post.”

Then more: “I’m not going to write a blog post. I’m just going to expand on just one of these points for a bit…”

The idea is to say a next action that is so easy to take that it won’t trigger resistance from the part of your brain that is always trying to protect you from danger, threats, pain, failure.

I’ll end with one of my favorite quotes, from Ralph Waldo Emerson…

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

All of life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better.”