
So when you start forming a habit (writing, working out, reading, eating healthy) or learning a new skill, remember that it should not feel like a challenge. The activity should be easy. If that’s not the case, we all procrastinate — even the most self-disciplined people do that.
My mom had a child who was gender-nonconforming and highly vocal about LGBT rights from a very young age, and she never took the opportunity to educate herself or challenge her own prejudices. She kept voting for politicians who demonized people like me throughout the Bush, Obama, and now Tr…