Everyone has grunt work. It’s those repetitious, uninspiring tasks that can often be boring and exhausting. Mary Carlomagno says there are three major emotional obstacles that stand in the way of muscling through the grunt work:
- How we feel about what we are doing, which places us in a judgmental, often unpleasant state.
- We wait for perfect conditions to begin, such as being in the mood or the right time of day to engage in certain tasks.
- The greatest obstacle we face is procrastination, which by definition is the choosing of a more pleasurable task over the task at hand.
Source: Shine, April 23, 2018. Link. Overcome the emotional roadblocks and tackle your work with these three steps:
- Adjust your mindset
- Don’t wait for the perfect moment
- Stick to it