When I’m working on a larger project, my brain want’s to get all distracted.
To go off and read “news” or “socials”. To do anything other than the next step to move things forward.
Especially after finishing a task.
This may also happen at the beginning of a work session before starting a task. We’ll it did before I really dialed-in my warm-up routine.
I have a trick to pull myself out and get back to it.
I say to myself:
there are no answers for you here
The reason why this works is because I know I am working on a big project/thing and I want to finish that thing. I know it’s hard and there are a million tiny problems to solve in order to move it forward.
The refrain “there are no answers for you here” reminds me that reading twitter or reddit or hackernews or whatever will not solve these problems for me and move my project forward. And never will.
There may be answers right here though, on writing this blog. Indirectly perhaps. In jettisoning distracting thoughts so I can put the eye of Sauron’s focus back on the main thing. Big maybe, though.
Anyway, back to it.
Oh, and dear reader, if you’re out there: for sure, there are no answers for YOU. Here.