When we are worried or fear doing something, even jobs like cleaning the dishes become highly tempting... Often it's the fear of rejection ("will people like my stuff"), perfectionism ("I don't think the slides are ready..."), negative self-talk ("who do I think I am to teach this stuff, idiot"), and other concerns guiding us into either time-killing-actions or (very difficult to spot!) pseudo-productive tasks like "let me see if I can find another, additional picture for this one slide" killing another 3 hours and all of a sudden "Oh shame, it's too late to start recording now". My way: I shedule specific time for the recordings, and when I do voice-over for my slides, I can only do them in a particular timeframe when the house is empty, the dogs are sleeping, ... I block that time in my schedule, clear my desk from other stuff (I do that the night before!), get the equipment prepared. When the time comes, even if I think "oh, let me quickly look at the news", I resist that urge, open the first presentation, open Audacity, prepare my "audio-box", and start rehearsing! Rehearsing is my way of telling myself "well, I'm technically not yet recording", but once I rehearsed the first presentation, I start recording. And off it goes 🙂 And don't forget: While you are waiting, someone else might be busy publishing a course that is only 50% as good as yours, but taking 90% of your potential clients away from you...
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