Some days, I suppose these are rare, you kick Resistance right in the balls.
That probably doesn’t actually happen, and Resistance will probably try harder tomorrow, but some days you get the jump. Because you have constraints on time, and it feels good to get an early victory.
So you jump your alarm (wake up a little earlier than it’s scheduled to go off), and calculate you have just enough time to go through the normal routine before doing the things that are in the way. (Necessary, but in the way.)
Your life could change in an instant today (not because of beating Resistance for the fourth or fifth time in a week, and not because you’re up early), but because of what could happen. And it’s time to be ready for it.
Returning to yesterday’s quote, I’m interested that Pressfield didn’t mention an exercise regimen. Resistance and resistance play a heavy part there. (See what I did? I made a funny.)
There is struggle getting started and there is (necessary) struggle along the way.
Obviously Resistance is always the force keeping you from starting. resistance–at least in exercise–happens along the way. I suppose Pressfield may address this idea as we continue, because even though sitting and writing is a win, eventually there is a need to write something useful, something beneficial.
In exercise, increasing resistance increases growth/strength. How does such work in writing? Or is writing simply comparable to body weight exercises?
You can really get somewhere with body weight. I’m not as convinced you really get somewhere with just sitting down to write. I mean I hope no one is reading this doggerel. (It’s terrible and rambling. There is no cohesion and very little intelligence behind it. Currently, it only exists as a middle finger to Resistance.)