Doing a hard, unpleasant thing:

 Justin Skycak

@justinskycak

People will do unbelievable mental gymnastics to convince themselves that doing an easy, enjoyable thing that is unrelated to their supposed goal somehow moves the needle more than doing a hard, unpleasant thing that is directly related to said goal. If you want to move the needle on a goal, you have to concentrate your efforts directly on that goal. You can exhaust yourself doing other things, fulfilling other responsibilities and moving the needle on other goals – but at the end of the day, each goal has its own needle, and the general feeling of exhaustion doesn’t imply you’ve successfully moved any needle in particular. This can be a hard truth, especially for people who have taxing responsibilities that are separate from their aspirational goals. But the only way to achieve those goals is to somehow find it in oneself to directly move the needle on them. There is no other way.