I just dread doing my taxes every year. I’m very organized, so I have all the records and receipts, but there is something about taxes that makes me loathe the process.
This year, I vowed to get it finished early to avoid having to dread it for an extra month or two. My motto was to just do it and get it off my plate, rather than thinking about how much I hate it, so yesterday I started.
And what do you know, I finished it yesterday, too.
Once I got into it, everything was there, and it was just a matter of making a few piles and a few calculations, and I was done. Saved from two extra months of guilt every time I saw it on my to-do list.
It’s not just taxes that are like this. Most projects are less arduous than the mental build-up and energy it takes to avoid them. If you have something you are putting off, merely commit to starting. Chances are good that once you get into it, the finish line will be closer than you imagined.
