When You Just Don’t Want To…

One of Those Days

Some days you just don’t want to write, workout, or just plain move. You’ve had enough discouragement to last a lifetime, and your fires not burning today. Not even a little. No pilot light, nothing. Your choices are easy, you can give into the funk and not do anything. A rest day is what you’ll call it. You could drag yourself word by word, exercise by exercise and tough it out. That sounds marvelous. Or, you might fight the doldrums another way. And that’s just what you’re going to do. Here’s how…

You’re Closer Than You Think

Florence Chadwick was 44 when she got in the water to swim from the California coast to Catalina Island. It was a swim of 26 miles. As she began, all was well. Then thick fog set in and so did doubt. She gave up, exhausted, called out for her mother who was following in a boat and gave up. As she got into the boat with her mother she found out how close she was to finishing. She was only a mile from land. She’d completed 25 miles but couldn’t see her destination in sight so she gave up. Two months later, she swam it with no problem. The difference? She visualized the shoreline with every stroke. Can you see your shoreline? What is it for you? Is it writing for a living? Getting in shape like never before? Visualize what your life will look like when this achievement becomes a reality. Do this often as…