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#55: Inertia and your overthinking dick brain

The Academic Imperfectionist

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How to Deal With Inertia

The idea of doing an imperfect job is stopping me from making a start. If I were to commit to working on this for 30 minutes, how would I feel about the task at the end of it? We're never really ignoring these things. Once in motion, once I've had that tiny tap of the toe of the shoe, I'll just keep going until it's done. It takes an effort to start, but once you're properly rolling, carrying on takes care of itself.

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