The hero wanders. The hero suffers. The hero returns. You are that hero. - Steven Pressfield

"Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. “I write only when inspiration strikes,” he replied. “Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp."
That's a pro.

Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion.

Both men were aware of the imperative held by all warrior races to serve honor before survival.