There isn’t a working person among us who doesn’t deal with stress — whether you’re an entrepreneur, a freelancer, working for a struggling startup, or clocking in working for a company, work stress is inevitable.
But where does this stress originate, and how do we deal with it?
Most guides to stress will give you some actions to take: exercise, sleep well, eat right, meditate, and do some yoga at your desk. These are all amazing, and you should do them.
However, I’m more
There isn’t a productivity guide in the world that will solve the problems that pretty much all of us face daily.
I’m the same as you — I face these obstacles to getting stuff done:
Doing busywork, instead of important work. Going to distractions instead of doing difficult work. Being tired and not feeling like tackling hard tasks. These are all really the same problem: when you have important but difficult tasks to do, you run to distractions, or do busywork, or just goof off
One of the biggest problems we face when we’re forming a new positive habit is procrastination.
We’ve all done this: we’re trying to meditate or exercise or floss, but we’re tired or busy. So we put it off, and then the next day we do it again, and soon we’ve just dropped the new habit.
It’s easier to put off the habit than to just do it, right? What’s the solution?
I was taking a walk with my mom, Shannon, a couple days
