It's Not Anxiety, it's Urgency

Stop wasting time, it's in your control

May 19, 2025

“When you feel that pressure inside of you and it’s very heavy, you’re motivated. You feel it. I’ve got to get up in the morning. I’ve got to do this. I’ve got to accomplish this.

When that pressure goes away and you don’t feel any pressure in your life, you can do anything and there’s no consequences for it.

You’ll just waste time. You’ll waste years, you’ll waste months, you’ll never accomplish anything. You give somebody a deadline, right? They’ll accomplish in two months what it would take somebody two years to do without a deadline. It’s that necessity. It’s that sense of, there’s a sword at my back.

I’ve got to get it done. It makes you get things done. It gives you the energy”
- Robert Greene

Monday, Monday, Monday.

Somehow, despite our best efforts it’s here. That dread you’re feeling in your stomach staring at your calendar isn’t anxiety, it’s a sense of urgency. Anxiety is stress that can’t be attributed to a clear situation or trigger.

You probably know why you’re dreading this week. This is great news! You get to control how long you feel like this. ‘The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding’.