If you can’t be bothered, get a little closer…

How to easily return to projects that brought you lots of resistance.

Many projects died when they could have thrived because the creator removed themselves (you?) too far from the work.

This is what happens when you leave your manuscript in a box to gather dust.

It happens when you allow your documents or files to get lost in a labyrinth of desktop folders you know you won’t be able to find again in three months.

We create resistance that stops us in our tracks when we allow a trench to form, separating us from the intimacy we could have with our art.

Think of it this way: it’s early January, and you’re psyched to get a regular gym habit going.

You’re pumping steel for three weeks. On the fourth week, you lose that enthusiasm you had when you made that deal with Jacob to exercise this year on New Year’s Eve. So you skip a day. Then you go once a week instead of three. Then it’s twice a month. Distance. Gaps. Trenches appear.

The more time you leave between sessions, the harder it gets to recommit and show up.

The same applies to creative projects. If you want to be a prolific maniac, or even just sanely consistent, you want to minimise these…