Re-blog: Learning how to Actually Start things
SOMETHING TO READ AND RE-READ IF YOU NEED IT (AND I DEFINITELY DO): Learning how to Actually Start things:
I eventually stumbled upon an article (that I've lost the link to) that talked about focusing on doing the first step as soon as possible - the real first step. I was struggling to write some documents at the time, so my first step was getting the rough draft done? Or maybe even brainstorming ideas of what to write? No, that wasn't the real first step.
When I sit down to write documents the first thing I do isn't making a rough draft, or brainstorming, or starting a pomodoro timer, or finding background noise, or referencing my todo list, or any of the countless other things I think I do first.
The first thing I actually do is open the damn text editor.