Source https://zenhabits.net/moment-to-focus/
By Leo Babauta
I challenge you to do a test before you read the rest of this post (well OK, read the next two paragraphs then go do the challenge) …
Open an email that’s been sitting in your inbox but that you’ve been avoiding responding to or acting on. Pick the hardest one. Try to sit there, read the email, and then act on it and/or respond to it.
Then notice if there’s a moment when you want to just get away from that email. What does that moment feel like?
This moment of overwhelm and anxiety is usually invisible to most of us. It happens multiple times throughout the day (possibly dozens), and determines the actions we take or don’t take. But we rarely notice it — we just try to get away from it.
This is the moment that ruins our focus. It’s the moment that causes our procrastination and avoidance. It’s the moment that ruins our best habits and our b…