Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2437)
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Peace to Live By: Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2437) - Daniel Litton
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Why does this happen, that our emotions will shift? Well, the problem to begin with is that our brains have been lying to us I think. They have said to us, “You really don’t feel like doing this task today. Why don’t you skip it?” But, when we start to do the task, most often those feelings shift and then we feel like doing the task. This is kind of a cousin concept to that of being ready out of season, right? I don’t know how many of my work sessions I have saved by using this technique, this rule if you will. It has saved me many times. Now, what if you do the task for 20-minutes and you still don’t feel like continuing it? Well, in that case, I don’t continue. I just stop and say to myself, “At least I tried.” But this is very rare, and usually for me doesn’t happen. As a matter of fact, it has happened so few of times that I can hardly recall any times it has happened. Perhaps if you are facing something really daunting, it could happen. But I think that generally are brains just aren’t telling us the straight story, or perhaps we just want to be lazy and rest.