Throughout my life I have often chosen flight over fighting, inaction over inaction, and indecision over decision. Part of this was because it was easier. I also often only saw the problem that was immediately in front of me as opposed to seeing beyond the problem.

But, in the past few years, I’ve learned the value of fighting, seen the errors in inaction, and have gotten more resolve in making decisions. Much of this had to deal with looking further into the future and seeing through my actions as well as seeing through on where inaction would get me.

I’ve stopped procrastinating as much using different techniques like the pomodoro method, visualization, and writing down short and long term goals I’d like to accomplish, which get me thinking about the future and my family, which always help my motivation. I try and set some rewards to keep me looking forward, too.