The answer was fast, firm and killed the project before it even got started.
The answer came from myself to myself, quickly, that I couldn’t do a step of a project that I have been wanting to do for a while. Just like that I nearly dropped the project. This is one of my ants, automatic negative thoughts; I can’t.
Ants are thoughts that cause us to feel badly in some way or another. They come quickly and we tend to obey them without question.
I can’t.
It takes too long.
It’s too hard.
I should…
This is awful.
What if?
Others would think…
I’m not as good as…
It’s all your fault.
It’s all my fault.
I never…
I always…
Fortunately, I immediately recognized this ant and decided that I will figure out how instead of accepting “I can’t”.