Dear Procrastinators: You Have All the Answers
I’m guilty of over-consumption.
My brain is obese and unhealthy, gorging on Medium articles, YouTube videos, paperbacks, Kindle books, audiobooks, and podcasts.
I don’t need a click-baity title or thumbnail to hook and reel me in. About personal reinvention, better habits and systems, overcoming procrastination, consistency: I see it and click—in it goes. The knowledge calories cram my neurons and make them sick.
At some point, I realized it’s all the same knowledge: bent and squeezed and minced and regurgitated.
I’d tell me to trust me on this, but I’d still do it.
Click.
But, please, for the love of progress, please — stop it.
Before you read any further — this is the TL;DR. Get out of here and start working on what you want to get better at.
Especially you, dopamine fiends. Just start. You’ll begin to feel better once you do.
As the wise man Rich Roll once said: “Mood follows Action.”
Listen —
you have much knowledge, wisdom, and experiences stored in your conscious and subconscious brain.
You know how certain nuggets of wisdom spill out when you journal and make you go, “Wow!” Exactly. All that information stored can be rehashed and rearranged to help you solve something you’re struggling with.
“All the answers you’re looking for are within.”
Cringe.
Yes, I know, but it’s not entirely wrong.
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Let me Illustrate.
About contrast in nature and design —
Every movement in nature ebbs and flows. Sunrise and sunset. High tide and low tide. Peaks and valleys. Breathe in and breathe out. Work and rest. Exercise and recover. Awake and asleep.
Contrast.
And Now…
In layman's terms — use contrast in your writing, with:
- Bold, italic, regular
- Single sentences and multi-sentence paragraphs
- Heading and body text
- Capitals and letter-case
Copy from the universe. Use contrast.
Did You Take Notes?
I transferred an observation, an idea, a learning — from a different context to the skill of writing; to help me write better, to experiment, to write more engaging pieces of text, to try unconventional advice.
All the answers you’re looking for are within.
If you’re still here, let’s kickstart those brainstorming engines:
- Are you an athlete with an effective training program? You can transfer that knowledge to get better at time management and productivity.
- Are you familiar with the Agile methodology used in software companies? You can rehash that knowledge and build a training plan for a marathon.
- Are you a studio musician with a tried-and-tested template to get your creativity flowing in minutes? You can reword the concept and teach writers how to overcome writer’s block.
Help yourself. Solve your problems. Transfer what you already know.
Transfer to people in your circle. Transfer to people on the internet.
Learn how to transfer, my friend.
