You’ve identified your boulder.
(If not, go back to Post 1. No skipping ahead.)
Now let’s talk about what happens when you don’t move it.
Here’s the myth: “If I ignore it, it’ll eventually feel easier.”
Here’s the reality: Boulders don’t shrink. They collect weight.
Avoiding a task—especially a meaningful one—doesn’t make it disappear. It just turns it into background noise that hums under everything else you do. And that hum? It drains energy. It breeds guilt. It builds resistance.
The longer you avoid something, the more shame and story you attach to it:
- “If I were more organized, this would be done already.”
- “I probably missed my window—why even try now?”
- “Everyone else seems to handle this kind of thing just fine.”
Let’s be clear: that’s not productivity talk. That’s friction whispering in your ear.
And while you’re doing a million other things—being productive, responsive, busy—that one unmoved boulder is quietly blocking flow. You step over it daily. You build elaborate workarounds. But eventually, you can’t move forward without tripping over it.
So what do most people do? They pick a new boulder. One that feels easier. Sexier. Safer. And repeat the cycle.
Here’s the shift: You don’t need a new boulder. You need to move the one you’ve got.
ACTION STEP:
Look at the boulder you wrote down. Without judgment, write one sentence:
What has it cost you to not move this yet?
Time? Confidence? Energy? Money? Momentum?
Don’t analyze—just name it.
In the next post, we’ll figure out which boulder to move first—and why trying to move them all is a trap.