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“Feeling like acting and actually acting are two different things. A person mired deep in procrastination might claim he is unable to work, but what he really means is that he is unable to make himself feel like working.” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman
The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.com“Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won’t occur, you inadvertently reinforce his belief that it would be catastrophic if it did” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman
“A person who has resolved to ‘think positive’ must constantly scan his or her mind for negative thoughts - there’s no other way that the mind could ever gauge its success at the operation - yet that scanning will draw attention to the presence of negative thoughts.” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman