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Avoidance: You’d Rather Be Doing Something Else

“I don’t know why I’m still doing this”? Are you trying too hard? Pushing or pulling something or someone? Ahead of yourself or chronically late? Compulsive or procrastinating? Things aren’t connecting? Life full of snags and bad timing? It’s time to change your tactics. Try something besides thinking and doing.

Maybe you’re putting off writing a report because you’re concerned it won’t be perfect. Maybe you’re avoiding a project because you don’t know where to start or because it doesn’t excite you. Or maybe the task is designed in a way that makes it unnecessarily overwhelming.

Now: what are the characteristics of Resistance?