Last Friday at 5:47 PM, I typed the final period on the last sentence of my academic book draft. No fanfare, no confetti cannons—just me, my laptop, and a quiet sense of "Holy cow, I actually did it."

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Procrastination often happens when a task feels too big or ambiguous. Writers tend to think things like "today I need to write" or "I want to make some progress today." Writing and progress are vague concepts that make for hard starting points. Then our inner resistance fires up, making it even more daunting! Writing mega-charges that resistance. It's so personal, exposing our deepest selves.