Zack Daniels

if you don't feel like doing it, then you should probably do it

I've been listening to Matt D'Avella's new podcast this week. I really enjoy the show, but I kept skipping an episode he did with a specific guest (not naming who).

I don't know why I had this resistance to that specific episode. Maybe I had a negative bias to that guest. Or maybe I didn't like the wording of the title. Whatever it was, I put my feelings aside and listened to it this morning.

I went into the episode feeling skeptical, but after a few minutes, I actually started to enjoy the episode.

I ended up enjoying the episode so much that I started to write notes and even re-listened to sections of it to consolidate the ideas. Had I not listened to the episode, I wouldn't have written those notes or learnt those new ideas.

This theme keeps popping up in my life.

I could be feeling resistance to the gym, going to a social event, or reading a specific book. But if I put the resistance aside and actually do the thing, I come out the other side slightly improved.

I find that the bigger the feeling of resistance, the more reason there is to do it, and to do it right NOW!

Other things I'm feeling resistance towards:

tldr: If you feel resistance for not wanting to do something, it means that you should absolutely do that thing because you'll come out the other side better than you came in.