I'm avoiding leaving my house.

I'm avoiding leaving my house. My client was avoiding a conversation. Twinning?

It's freezing outside and all I want to do is hibernate.

Stay in my warm house. Cozy socks. Tea. Not deal with layers and cold and the effort of leaving.

And…. also true about me: I need to see people. Especially in winter when it's gray and dark. If I stay shut up in my house too long, I feel meh. Not like myself.

So I have to overcome the inertia and make plans, get out the door.

It's wild how good we are at avoiding things we know we need to do.

I saw this play out with a client this week who'd been avoiding a conversation for the exact same reason—it just felt easier not to...

She’s a Head of CX and had a contentious relationship with her Head of Product. She knew their relationship was vital to the business. She knew she needed to fix it.

But she didn't know where to start.

She could feel the compelling pull of inertia, to just let the relationship be the way it is, even though it wasn’t working.

Here's what we worked on together (and what I'm telling myself about getting out of the house):

Break it down to the smallest piece.
What's one small thing you could start with?

For me: Make plans with one person for coffee in Brooklyn.
For her: What's one small incident that you could try to review or repair?

Because once you start moving, it's easier to keep going.
That first step breaks the inertia.

What's one small step you could take on something you've been avoiding?