# You’re Not Lazy, Bored, or Unmotivated - Forge

<https://forge.medium.com/youre-not-lazy-bored-or-unmotivated-35891b1f3376>

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- Saved: September 5, 2019 (2019-09-06T00:00:28Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Not getting to that project, or that thing you want to do?

> You’re not lazy. You’re not bored. You’re not unmotivated. What you are — what all of us are — is afraid. And the best advice for overcoming fear is the bland three-word sentence Nike turned into the most successful marketing slogan of all time (after slightly tweaking a serial killer’s last words): Just do it.

This reminds me a lot of what [Pressfield](https://stevenpressfield.com) calls "[the resistance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(creativity))"

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT116: Weekly Thing #116 / Sep 7, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/116/), Notable Links 📌

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