Stick to It

“Persist and resist.” — Epictetus

This writing is Certified Human

The Obstacle

We make plans
Set schedules
Goals
Timelines.

They sound good at night
Come morning
Things are not as certain.

Confidence turns to doubt
Nerves set in.

We struggle
Doing things differently.

There is uncertainty
Second guessing
Frustration
It feels unfamiliar.

Changing the way we do things
Our schedule
Values
Focus
Priorities
Roles
Responsibilities
Involvement
It is difficult.

Especially at first.

The Judge
The Saboteurs
They scream
Distract
Pull us off course.

The Gift and Opportunity

They will scream
We will judge.

There will be insecurities
Struggles
Frustrations
Doubts
Setbacks.

But we have been here before
We have changed
Created new schedules
Learned new skills
Adapted responsibilities
Shifted involvement
Changed, willingly or not.

We have been through the messy part
And we stuck with it
Until the new became second nature
The new way
The new us.

Stick with this.

Try it on long enough
To see what works
And
What needs to change.

Stick to the plan
Follow your values
Recalibrate.

Find what is working
Fix what needs changed.

The Practice of Self-Mastery

• Expect resistance in the beginning

• Know the voices of the saboteurs 

• Stay long enough to gather data

• Recalibrate 

  CHEAT CODE: EXPECT RESISTANCE → STAY THE COURSE → GATHER DATA → RECALIBRATE