This is an example of how Stuck feels like

 The last two weeks have been weird.

the work has been slow, but good. I am making slow but steady progress. nothing exciting though.

But outside of that everything is stuck.

I dont read anymore. 

neither on technology, AI, or anything. not even productivity stuff.

I dont write anything. 

I am not publishing on LinkedIn.

I initiated getting back to creating videos for my YouTube channel.

Which by the way was starting to do well and I was getting hang of making videos last year.

I posted a ton of material across different genres. 

but then I stopped.

so I restarted posting a few videos.

With my new motorcycle came a breath of fresh air and I made a resolve to re-start.

I have posted a couple of videos that have done well. 

but I stopped.

I was gaining significant momentum with my guitar practice. I was stuck on it, but then I started putting in a lot of 30 min session consistently everyday.

my teacher even recognized that I was doing very well.

But I stopped.

I was journaling everyday morning after waking up.

I stopped. I had been consistent for over a year.

my hours at the gym have dropped significantly. my weekly running mileage, and lifting of weights is at a all time low.

This is the best definition I can give about being stuck.

Our jobs are not our lives, but they have a massive impact on how we feel.

Keep aside the fact that nothing external should be responsible for how you feel, jobs matter.

When you are operating at a very high level and then you come down to a lot smaller and tactical level it takes the air beneath your wings. 

But leave that aside too.

I have been stuck.

This realization struck in me yesterday.

and then I wondered where did I spend my time, if none of the things that made me happy.

and the culprits are not very unusual.

- I dont have Facebook or instagram apps, but looks like I trained my brain to use these via browser (I am just taking a peak for one of my motorcycle groups etc) to getting stuck scrolling these websites.

- My YouTube consumption is several hours spread through the day.

- My time spent on the trading view or webull charts is not so small either. I am spending at least 90 mins give or take spread through the day.

so this is where my mind is stuck.

I am making as an account of how I feel, and as an example for anyone to see how easy it is for a well oiled machine to get stuck and come to a grinding halt.

Moroever, not have the energy to go back and pick up the motions and re-start.

I know I have to make videos, but I dont.

My journal is always with me, but I dont write.

The book is next to me, but I dont read.

(The only thing I have done is spend time in gardening in past few days)

Is this a chemical issue or a mental issue?

Is this depression or burnout?

I didnt feel unhappy or anything else. I just didn't have motivation.

my fix is micro-habits or micro-steps.

once I realized that, I made a promise to do really small steps today.

so, I read 1 chapter of the book I was reading before this pause came in. 

"How will you measure your life" by Clayton Christensen.

Then, during the day I took a small break and took a short walk inside.

then, I journaled.

and wrote a short script for a simple video I want to record.

that is the way to get unstuck.

to come out of your head, and put some actions behind thoughts.

most of the times, our ideas and thoughts are simply thoughts. 

This happens to me a lot. I think about something vividly and in great detail.

But the execution doesn't follow.

Then that thought stays there, in great details and in my head.

Like carrying some baggage within, but not offloading it.

The best way is to put action behind it.

Cheers.