Symbolic Action vs Resistance
Resistance can manifest in many ways.
For example, my air conditioning unit stopped working last week and I was miserable.
Still, I sat in my hot office with the computer on and wrote for an hour like I promised to do.
It wasn't easy though.
The only thing that kept me going was the fact that I knew that I couldn't show weakness or else my routine might be ruined.
I didn't want to have to rebuild the mental toughness that I had created, so I fought like hell.
I experience resistance frequently when it comes to using my music studio.
It's usually a software glitch or some kind of limitation I find in the software which sends me on an internet search to find a solution.
I'm used to resistance attempting to beat me down everyday.
I used to let it win, everyday.
There was a period of time (years actually) in which I did nothing towards my music.
I was in mental pain every day because I wasn't writing.
I would rather experience the minor upsets that resistance throws my way, than to go through the mental pain I felt when I wasn't writing.
So, if you ever feel that resistance is trying to distract you, fight it.
Even if you can only write 10 minutes a day, or remix a part of your song or rewrite your lyrics, etc.
, do it because it's the symbolic action that eventually beats resistance and creates success.