Before You Feel Like It

Purpose: Test what happens when you do something first and wait for the wanting to catch up.

When to use: Use this on a day when you are waiting to feel ready and it is not coming.

Worksheet prompts

1. Pick one small thing to do in the next hour without waiting to want it.
2. Before you start, how much do you feel like doing it?
3. Now do it. Afterward, write what it was actually like.
   Come back to this line when you are done.
4. After doing it, how do you feel about having done it?
5. What does that tell you about waiting to feel like it first?

Motivation often shows up a few minutes late. You can start without it.