A new kind of Resistance (for me)

First, thanks to everybody who has jumped on board to order THE DAILY PRESSFIELD.

You should see our garage and back room. Diana (who is the brains of the outfit) has been feverishly packing Gift Boxes for days. The first UPS pickup is today. I think everyone is going to be pretty happy when they get these packages. They are truly “Publishing above and beyond.”

Meanwhile, I’m down with the flu so forgive me if this post is a quickie.

It’s about a new and quite diabolical expression of Resistance that I’ve never experienced before but that I want to pass along in case anyone else experiences it.

It’s like the flu. It might be going around.

I’m lying in bed (something one should never do), “thinking.” Suddenly, my mind starts going on grievances. Personal issues I have with a specific person. You can imagine where this is going. Within ten minutes, I have built myself up to such a fever that I’m on the brink of phoning this person, who is very close to me, and telling them off in such a furious manner that they’ll never speak to me again.

Instantly, it occurs to me that I am at the very end of a really difficult draft of a new fiction book.

What a minute!

This is freakin’ Resistance!

My fear of finishing that draft (and I’m also worried about THE DAILY PRESSFIELD coming off well) has morphed into this Grievance Monster that, if I had acted on it, would have torpedoed a lot of good stuff.

I immediately flashed back to various fights I’ve had over the years with people close to me.

OMG, have some of them been triggered by this kind of fear/self-sabotage/BS?

Arrrrrggggh!

I pass this on for what it’s worth as Thanksgiving approaches. Resistance is diabolical. It can fool us completely. Let’s all be grateful … and for sure keep an eye out for any runaway Grievance Dialogues.

Happy Thanksgiving … and thanks again to everyone who pre-ordered THE DAILY PRESSFIELD.

Signed copies and Gift Boxes are still available here.

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