"I need coffee," or "I need an energy drink," or "I can't work in silence, I have to have music or the TV on," or something to that effect. What you come to realize is that they are lies. It is a story you have told yourself. And you've told it to yourself enough that you now believe it to be true. If you don't believe me, try going against it sometime. Just sit down to work, and start doing. Just for 10 minutes. Once you get to 10, tell yourself, "just a bit longer." And then, "just a bit longer." And eventually, you won't even have to tell yourself that. You'll just keep going. The problem with habit forming is that you can't just do it once.
Once is great. It's awesome. It's a start. But it doesn't make a new habit.
You will have to force yourself to do it every time, for a while. But eventually, it will get easier. And easier still. And eventually it will become automatic, and you'll start replacing old habits with new ones. And you'll wonder why you ever did it that way before, because the new way results in so much more getting done, and the satisfaction that comes with that. But it's not easy getting there, which is why many people don't. Hell, I'm not. But at least I'm aware of it. Which is a start.
"Fear is the mind killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain." -Frank Herbert
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