You’re facing a monster. Of course you “don’t feel like it.” Strap on your armor anyway - Josh Kaufman

Consciously sending a mental “message received, safe to proceed” signal to your brain is a simple and surprisingly effective way to make yourself stop fixating on the issue

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON, ESSAYIST AND POET