There is resistance that arise from within: lack of clarity, decision fatigue, the quiet drag that makes starting an endeavour feel heavier than it should. And there is resistance that arises from the world.
Both forms of resistance share one thing in common, which is: the tools you use to deal with them either make effort compound or cause it to collapse.
For resistance that arises internally, especially resistance born of unclear decisions or cognitive overload, protocols are remarkably effective. When supported by the right tools, protocols remove the burden of constant choice. This is why applications like Routinery (for routines) and Stacked (for regimens) work as well as they do.
Once a reliable handle on the resistance from your inner world has been established, the resistance that arises from your outer world becomes distinctly evident.
Say you want to be consistent with creating and uploading YouTube videos. You understand that continuity matters. You design a routine and regimen to ensure that showing up to create and upload actually happens.
And then you show up.
Only to discover you don’t have the adapter needed to connect your camera to your computer. Or that the audio setup available to you produces results so poor they makes you want to cry.
At this point, armed with your regimen, your situation becomes beyond reproach: It’s not that you’re lazy. It’s not that you don’t want to shoot the video. It’s that you don’t have the cord needed to connect your camera to your computer.
This distinction can be revealing, but it often does very little to quiet the sense that you are not doing what you are "supposed" to do. Your mind still wants the finished outcome—an uploaded video, cord or no cord.
This is where two approaches become important for peace and progress:
- Reorientation: seeing tasks as things to make progress on, not things to complete.
- Adaptation: using what is available to move things forward under current conditions.
Without reorientation, missing conditions feel like personal failure. Without adaptation, opportunities for receiving and implementing insight stall.
Use both as called for, with your routines and regimens, and experience progress seep through resistance.
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