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The Blank Screen That Stole a Year of My Life
Proven Strategies to Help You Conquer Your Biggest Projects
For nearly a year, I sat at my desk every day, staring at a blank Word document and its flashing cursor that seemed to mock me. I was meant to finish a book on climate change, which I cared about, but I just couldn't write whenever I tried to write. I would look through social media, rearrange my bookshelf, or find something else to do. The longer I waited, the more worried I became about writing.
Does this sound familiar? Many of us have one project — like a blog, a business plan, going to the gym, a health goal, a new course bought online, and so on — that we can’t seem to finish. The big news is that I finished that book (it’s published now!), and you can also finish your job. Here’s the way to do it.
PS: I completed and finished the book, by the way, and, it is about to be launched next month. I figured out and used the below methods that worked for me which I have now put together for you to save some time.
The following has taken me several years to figure this out.
Why We Delay Important Projects
Before we look for answers, let’s talk about a big issue: Why do we put off projects that we really care about? It could be either or a combination of the…
