The antidote to all this is to create a “stop doing” list. These are things you have decided you are NOT going to do.

Some examples:

– Stop committing to extra activities.

– Stop feeling guilty for not doing more.

– Stop answering your email 15 times a day.

– Stop starting new projects until you publish the current one.

– Stop comparing yourself to other writers.

– Stop watching the news.

– Stop holding grudges.

– Stop following people on social media who irritate you.

Success as a writer and creative person isn’t really a matter of doing more. It’s mostly a matter of eliminating the negative and unproductive things in your life so the good things can naturally start sprouting up.

Question: What item from the list above should you stop doing?

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There’s something that has been bothering you. It’s like a pebble in your shoe that irritates you just enough that you think about it all the time. It intimidates you, taunts you, and won’t let you stop thinking about it.

It might be a phone call or email that you’re too afraid to send because you might be rejected. It might be a book that you’re afraid to start writing because you don’t know how it will be received. It might be the writing business that seems too daunting because you’ve never done this before.

Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” If you have something that intimidates you and is weighing on your mind, you must do it. You must stare it in the face and declare that it has no power over you. You’ve got to face it head-on and just get it done.

There is no other way. You will be blocked and cannot move forward until you tackle this task. It is the only pathway forward.

Daily Question: What is the one thing you think you cannot do? What are you going to do about it today?

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