As a neurodivergent freelancer, I’ve struggled endlessly with actually doing tasks that would help me make progress in my career + projects I’m passionate about. "Why can't I just make myself do this?"
Luckily, I’m sensible enough to recognise that doom and gloom and wishing for more discipline is not going to help.
(The estimated reading time for this doc is 7 mins 20 secs)
Experiencing resistance towards something is morally neutral.
There’s absolutely no benefit to every task becoming a battle against yourself that you must win with discipline or willpower.
Resistance, procrastination, and “laziness” can be used as data to show what helps or hinders us.
I started writing down how I felt and how I got on with things day-to-day, and compiled it into a “My Working Style” document.
Here’s a snippet from my document 👇
I looked at what was: