You’ve chosen what to do. You’ve started working hard on it. You’ve overcome the initial issues and are getting somewhere.

You’re learning from your mistakes. You’re getting better all the time. Finding the process awesome. Loving it. The sense of new found possibility.

But then it happens, then things start to unfold. You miss a day and it’s harder to get going the next. So you miss another and on and on.

You make plans to start, just to be thrown off track by something. Find yourself distracted. The motivation is starting to wane.

Don’t let it.

What’s holding you back? Focus is the key. Letting unimportant things grab your attention. Don’t let them. Start saying no to anything that’s not crucial.

Saying no to browsing the web.

Saying no to reading articles.

Saying no to research.

Saying no to that great idea you just had.

Saying no to starting in 5 minutes.

Start Now. Throw out the unnecessary.

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”

— Steve Jobs

Get working, get focussed. Say no. Force yourself if you have to. Throw out everything unnecessary.

Do it now. Right now. As soon as you start, those good feelings will rush back. Do it once and the feelings appear. Keep going, keep saying no and the feelings become permanent. You become awesome.

Start saying no. Start focusing. Start feeling great again.

Go Now. Say no to everything unimportant. Focus on that one thing. And when you do celebrate how great you are for doing it.