I heard a similar phrase at some point that's stuck with me, and that I repeat to myself often: "You don't have to WANT to do it... you just have to DO it." It's certainly been helpful for a serial procrastinator. On the other hand, I'll still sometimes reply to myself "no, I don't HAVE to do it." We'll see how this works when I HAVE to go for a run this weekend (temps of maybe -1F/-19C on Sunday morning).
Completely off topic, but I thought you would be interested to hear that Dave Mills passed away on Wednesday. I assume you're familiar with him, but this profile is pretty good if not:
I heard a similar phrase at some point that's stuck with me, and that I repeat to myself often: "You don't have to WANT to do it... you just have to DO it." It's certainly been helpful for a serial procrastinator. On the other hand, I'll still sometimes reply to myself "no, I don't HAVE to do it." We'll see how this works when I HAVE to go for a run this weekend (temps of maybe -1F/-19C on Sunday morning).
Completely off topic, but I thought you would be interested to hear that Dave Mills passed away on Wednesday. I assume you're familiar with him, but this profile is pretty good if not:
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time