We sometimes think of ourselves as lazy. In reality we are not. It is the starting that is difficult. Whether it be due to fear of failure, fear of unknown or sheer intertia, it is sometimes the starting that is tricky.
Fear of Failure
Many of us want to write, but don’t start because we are afraid it won’t be good enough. Or we are afraid we will realize we don’t think deep enough. Or that we have nothing to say.
Fear of rejection is very similar. With failure you are judging and rejecting yourself. Fear of rejection is when someone else rejects you. We feel like it is better not to even start. Or we think it is.
Fear of the unknown
I am afraid I won’t know how to ship a side project since it is not just about coding, I need to market it, support it and I might now know how to do it. I will have to learn new skills. And I might fail multiple times learning those skills. It goes back to rejection, fear of failure. Not laziness.
Intertia
It takes effort to do something new. It means going into the unknown. Sometimes we want to, sometimes we just want to not change and continue what we are doing. That is not laziness though.
But getting past the roadblock is worth it. Writing a blog post is more energizing that watching a movie. Doing some warmups and working out feels better than lying on a sofa after you do it. The reality is the consumption is easier and feels better while doing it; but creating something, while doing it is harder, but it feels better after and makes you rich.
Daily Pulses 