A bit counter-culture but I do not push through! I try to be gentle and do things off the page that count as creative practice - walks, drawing, reading, mulling, anything! For me, pushing through has resulted in a terse relationship with my creativity and makes writing more fraught x

My challenge to writer pals:
If you're avoiding something because it brings up difficult feelings... or the procrastination itself brings up a mix of stuff... can you put on a timer for 2 mins & allow the feelings to do their thing?
Then see how you feel about the task then?
LMK how you get on 😍

I took a minute to just sit with the dread that rose up this eve when I opened an app I need to finish.
It was like a dense fog on my chest.
I imagined it dissolving & dissipating into my surroundings.
It wasn't long until the feeling passed & I was able to sit down to the app with clear eyes.