Getting to Center by Marlee Grace

Author:Marlee Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Published: 2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

HOW MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY INTERSECT

I consider my motives and my motivations. What my motives are for: working, not working, exercising, calling someone, texting a crush, opening an app, posting a selfie, buying something, skating?

Maybe the questions to ask are: Why do I reach? Why do I avoid? Why do I follow an impulse?

There aren’t clear answers, but I offer these to you to just begin a noticing practice, to remember we can choose differently if something isn’t working. I’ve been bringing my phone to bed again, and that means too much phone time in the morning—which usually erases my healthy motivations for work and creativity.

Some days I plan to skate and go to the beach, and I can feel myself wanting to avoid my morning work before I go do those things. And when I do that, I don’t fully enjoy my leisure and pleasure activities. I want to access great joy, so I commit to sitting and writing first—to stay committed to self and work, even when it’s uncomfortable and I want to avoid it.

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