{"id":90004,"date":"2016-07-05T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/?p=90004"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:24:06","slug":"chapter-4-not-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/chapter-4-not-doing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 4 \u2014 Not Doing It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today\u2019s Chapter almost never happened. It was Canada Day on Friday. I spent the long weekend out of it\u2013not in my usual element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every time I\u2019d stand at my desk to write, I\u2019d wonder away\u2013watching Youtube videos or found myself going down rabbit holes. This is so much fun<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Couldn\u2019t get focused for fifteen-fucking-seconds. Argh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to shake it off, to only come back to lip-lock frustration. I wanted to get stuff done this weekend, and regardless the excitement, three days and two nights later, nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resistance had me cornered. What the fuck am I going to write? I laid down beside my desk, with feet up on the chair, feeling anxious and sense of total failure. In the emptiness, a moment of temporary defeat, here\u2019s what I realised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so easy to just not do it<\/strong><\/em>\u2013to not write this weekly email, to not go to the gym, to not stick to a diet, to not show up, to not make an effort, to not talk to the pretty girl at the coffee shop, to not deliver a project, to not keep a promise, to not stick to the plan\u2013to simply not do something at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving in and up, in a tough pickle, by letting negativity overcome you is the easy way out. And, we know, those days are just the\u2013fucking\u2013worst but those are the only days that really count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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