I keep putting off the thing I know I should do
Delay is rarely about time. It is usually about the size of the first step.
أحَبُّ الأعمالِ إلى اللهِ تَعالى أدوَمُها وإن قَلَّ. قال: وكانَت عائِشةُ إذا عَمِلَتِ العَمَلَ لَزِمَتْه
“The most beloved of deeds to Allah, exalted is He, are the most constant of them, even if small. And when Aisha did a deed, she would hold to it.”Translated by Uswah draft, awaiting review
Sahih Muslim 783
Narrator : Aisha, Mother of the BelieversGraded by : MuslimSource :
The task you are avoiding is almost never the task you described to yourself. It is a smaller, more specific first move that you have not named yet.
What to doWrite down the first physical action, the one that takes two minutes. Do only that.
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I cannot stop being angry
What to do in the minute the anger arrives, before it decides anything for you.
I cannot forgive myself for something
On the difference between remorse that repairs and remorse that only punishes.
I said something I cannot take back
On the hours after the sentence leaves your mouth, and what repair actually asks of you.