Dont know if it is....it might be...then again...

The word should is an evil magic word. It seems like a perfectly nice, reasonable word until you realize that it has an evil secret meaning: should means probably won't.

So instead of thinking that you should, ask yourself whether you want to. I'm much more likely to do stuff I want to do than stuff I should do.

Dale

True...

So the trick is to turn the should into a want.

One thing that sometimes helps me is to remember my reasons for making the commitment. I probably committed because I wanted something... money, exposure, to help people, to foster my relationship with the client, or some other good thing. And if I still want those things (and I usually do), that helps me to remember the want behind the should.

A related trick is to remember that I chose to do it, and at this moment I can choose again to do it.

I hate washing the dishes. Sometimes I silently grumble about "needing to" do it. Other times I remember that I do it so my wife can relax. I remember that I chose this, and I'm choosing it again now, for a purpose I care about. "I choose" feels a whole lot better than "I should."

It doesn't always help, but sometimes.

Dale

making work on a WIP a habit helps too. Just make a point of putting in a certain amount of time each day to work on it, possibly at some particular hour too, e.g. from 6-7:30am. After awhile it'll become automatic and much easier to sit down and do what you need to do.