The function of the ego is to defend its current state.
My current state is couch.
Somewhere, in the dusty recesses of my mind, I believe that it would be good to be in a state of write.
But what will get me there?
Do I will myself into a new state?
Do I think those write-like thoughts?
How does one get from couch to write?
Lester Burnham, the great entrepreneur and personal growth guru, once said, “I feel like I’ve been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I’m just now waking up.”
What is it that’s going to wake you up? It certainly isn’t me. Maybe you will wake me up? What if we wake each other up? Is that like one of those perpetual motion machines? I don’t think those work. Something about friction being the root of all Gordon Gecko.
What would my ego say if I just sat at the keyboard or took out a pen and paper?
What would it say if I wrote just one sentence?
It probably wouldn’t like it, but then… it might notice the sentence and realize… it’s in a state of write.
-AJ
