No, I'm not referring to the rule that if you drop your food, you can still pick it up and eat it after five seconds.

I'm talking about how hard it is, to get started on something you've been dreading. Something you've been putting off because it doesn't sound fun. Sound familiar? Often those are things that will give you the most benefit If you do them. We often stick to our habits so much that we miss out on opportunities because they require that we break free from our habits.

The Hardest Part Of Any Task

Is often the beginning. Some people do not floss and brush every day, But what if you just started by brushing or flossing one tooth?
You would then start to build that habit. Flossing one tooth is too easy to pass up. Heck, you might go above and beyond and do two teeth instead.
Or even more.
Once you get over the difficulty of the beginning, the rest is often easy.
That's the same with writing posts. Sometimes it's hard to get started Because you want your post to be communicated a certain way. But once you get started, You get so into it. You can communicate your words effectively.

Don't Think Just Go!

I find that we often don't start things Because we are too busy overthinking them. We get ourselves worked up and scared, then we talk our selves out of doing it completely.
That's why sometimes I have a "no thinking policy."
Where I refuse to let my brain over analyze the situation, I just grab what I need for the task and go, Go, Go.
I had to do that when going to the dealership. I was so obsessed that they would originally deny me the small loan I wanted to take out. (I was a couple thousand short).
I spent days talking to family members about how I would be denied. All that work for nothing, That drive for nothing.
I even considered not going to the dealership to get my car, Because I was really scared.
In the end, Nothing happened how I expected. We walked in, And they seemed determined to get rid of us.
They handed us the keys and told us to enjoy the car. They didn't even look at the bank statement I had brought for the car! WOW!

Things Usually DON'T End Up How We Expect

Our brains are so good at painting ugly pictures of how things will be. How bad things could end up. That we get scared. The 5-second rule gets us started because things RARELY turn out as bad as we think they will.

Today, Do That Thing.

So Do that thing you've been putting off. Just get started. Do it for 5 seconds and allow yourself to stop if you want to.
You may find that the thing isn't as bad as you thought, you may enjoy it.