Serguey Asael Shinder – IT Professional

I spent years waiting to feel motivated.

Motivation is a great start
and a terrible plan.

It shows up loud, then disappears
exactly when you need it.

What carried me through
was never the feeling.

It was the small system underneath.
The habit I didn’t have to decide on.
The default I’d already set.

Under pressure, I don’t rise to my goals.
I fall to whatever I’ve made automatic.

So now I build the routine
and let motivation come and go as it pleases.

The system is what’s still there
on the day I don’t feel like it.

– Serguey Asael Shinder