Mondays are tough for me. Even though I don’t work outside the home, I still have that, OMG, it’s Sunday night dread I used to have when I taught or when I was still in school. The whole, I screwed around all weekend and got nothing done and I have a test / have to make up a test to give / have to find clothes to wear, panic still sets in, even though Monday mornings for me aren’t much different than any other morning.

Except that I work weekends. Pretty much all weekend, since my husband’s home to watch the kid and the dog and I can really stay up late and get things done. So Mondays are almost a recovery day for me. Except, of course, when I’m under deadline, they can’t be.

So, while my body insists on looking for it’s version of the weekend, I’ve got to push on through the Monday morning blues.

The most pernicious part of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off until our deathbed.

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There was never a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second, we can turn the tables on Resistance.

This second, we can sit down and do our work.

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

It’s time to go sit down and do my work. Join me!

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