Resistance

Do you ever feel like some of your obstacles are as big as an elephant?

I’ve been listening to Cathy Heller podcasts and reading entrepreneur books lately that talk about recognizing resistance. Resistance being life’s obstacles, doubt, procrastination, excuses, anything that gets in the way of achieving your goals.

Anytime you truly desire something, life is going to throw an “elephant” at you to see how badly you want it. Talking about the elephant doesn’t actually move the elephant. On the other hand, if you’re anything like me, there are times where I’ll get so overwhelmed by the enormity of this elephant that I end up wasting my whole day just thinking about it and fail to actually take action. So it comes down to are you going to give up or are you going to show up? For me, this simply means showing up and painting, because if I want to be an artist I need to stop talking about making art and just make the art. Artwork is not going to create itself.

So I encourage you to overcome your resistance and just do the thing you’ve been wanting to do. Quit overthinking it, quit talking about it, and just do it. You’ll feel so much more accomplished once you do.