How to start over: The skill of starting

Lots of people never do this, procrastinating, saying they’ll start tomorrow. So just starting at all is an incredible step.

The skill isn’t that hard, and with practice, you can get good at starting:

• Take the tiniest step to get started. Any movement at all.
• Commit yourself to continuing that tiny step every day. Get accountability if you need it, and set up reminders so you don’t forget.
• Keep taking tiny steps, creating a good feeling about this endeavor and about yourself. This good feeling is a powerful thing.

When you notice yourself pushing it off, delaying the start, rationalizing why you can start “in a few minutes” shake that off. Just take the first step. After that step, the other steps are a lot easier.

• When you get disrupted, notice this and notice any tendency to be harsh with yourself about it, or resentful towards life or other people about the disruption.
• Shake off that feeling and instead, tell yourself that life is an uncontrollable river and you just have to flow with it. Yo...