1. Reflect (2 min)
What are you sitting on? What's the move you keep delaying?
2. Write (5 min)
Say the thing out loud first. Get specific.
Maybe it's the workout routine. The hard conversation. The side project. The relationship fix. The job you need to quit.
You're waiting for "motivation" to arrive.
Here's what you don't understand: Motivation is a lie. It's dopamine. It hits, then vanishes when the next Netflix episode loads or your alarm kills you at 5 AM.
Discipline shows up when motivation is dead.
See it now? You've had motivation before. You've felt that hit. And where is it now?
Write this down: What's the one thing you keep saying you'll do when you feel ready? Why are you lying to yourself?
3. Act (Today)
Do the thing for 10 minutes. Right now.
Not tomorrow. Not when you have "the right headspace." Not after you get your shit together.
Now.
Set a timer. Ten minutes. That's it.
- Working out? Ten minutes.
- Writing? Ten minutes.
- Job search? Ten minutes updating your resume.
- Therapy? Ten minutes researching.
You don't need motivation. You need 10 minutes of actual discipline.
After 10 minutes, you can stop. Or keep going. Either way, you just proved motivation doesn't matter. You did it anyway.
That's the whole game.