The Great Energy Drain
When the pain of changing is less than the pain of staying where you are, you'll change. Your reptilian brain will kick in. Survivability is a must.
If your refrigerator is empty, eventually you'll go out for food when the hunger is too much. If you are cold, you'll turn up the heat when the temperature gets too unbearable. It's not a complicated concept. That's the reason millions of taxpayers rush to complete their tax forms on April 14th. The pain point is greater than the effort it takes to complete.
If you want to create a major life shift, proactively engage your joy points. Don't wait to avoid the greater pain.
Like interlocking building blocks, everything in your life is interconnected. Fretting and procrastination are a constant energy drain. The repeating thought of needing to complete something steals energy you could use to be creating and expanding. Your brain's temporary storage capacity is like computer RAM — holding onto the repeating "to do" thought dramatically slows you down.
Take some time today to jot out places in your life where you are stuck. What pain is associated with it and how painful will it need to get before you make a change? If you moved through it and completed it, what will the net effect be? Completion is just around the corner. So is the fun that follows!