{"id":3792,"date":"2020-04-22T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativecallingcoaching.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2020-04-22T20:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:48:57","slug":"overcoming-inertia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativecallingcoaching.com\/overcoming-inertia\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Inertia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019d like to address another symptom of the virus many of us are all struggling with whether or not (if we could<\/em> get tested) we\u2019d test positive or negative…   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a common loss many of us are experiencing as we do our part by sheltering in place\u2026.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is our loss of productivity <\/strong>AKA\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inertia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would have thought what with all this extra time you\u2019d be finishing projects, reading books, getting in shape to work out videos, bringing back the art of letter writing\u2026.but no-OO-oooo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, you just stay in bed till 10 (or later), zone out to the news with your coffee, putz around with Facebook, free-associatively google everything you\u2019re even slightly curious about and then\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HURL yourself into action half-dressed only because there\u2019s some sort of external accountability involved like a meeting or cooking for your family\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

only to find yourself at the end of another day shamed in the face on your wasted potential.\u00a0 And you decide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a loser I am.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound familiar?  If so please remember that if anybody talked to a friend of yours the way you talk to yourself you\u2019d punch them in the face, even if you\u2019re not someone who punches people in the face.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why are you so hard on yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you are in the dreaded clutches of inertia, my friend.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inertia: That sickish state whereby you can\u2019t motivate yourself, feel bad about it, think all manner of unkind things about what a waste of human life you are which makes you feel worse so you reach out for the nearest bit of brain candy to keep yourself from eating your own head, which you then do anyway because you know you\u2019re wasting your time \u2018doing nothing\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all the while guess what?  You\u2019re not<\/em><\/strong> doing nothing!  You\u2019re busy as hell.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or busy IN hell I should say because thoughts are actions and actions have consequences.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Watch the replay of my latest live stream <\/a>if you\u2019re interested in learning how to break out of this soul-crushing vicious cycle of decay (hey, if you\u2019re going to poke around Facebook or binge-watch reruns you may as well\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do, you will…<\/p>\n\n\n\n