Showing up counts for a lot. Grit is a good, admirable trait which correlates heavily with success.<p>I don't feel like leveraging grit works in all situations, though? Do others feel differently?<p>For me, there are times I want to program, show up to program, and then fail to dictate the movement of pixels of light appropriately with my critical thoughts. It's not for a lack of grit. I could sit for hours making attempts to gain headway, but only build in frustration as I become increasingly aware of my failure to drop into flow state.<p>The brain is a muscle, decision fatigue is real, and your body imposes safeguards on how much you're allowed to crunch it. There are some tasks which do not progress without a sufficiently critical mindset and require rest. You can do other, less mentally demanding tasks, and this will satiate some of your hunger to create, but, just as cleaning the house isn't a suitable replacement for that actually important chore you're procrastinating on, I don't feel that writing a blog post that just says, "I showed up." is sufficient to say you're continuing to progress in your own, personal character development?<p>Happy to be told I'm being overly cynical here. I think I am and just need more coffee, but curious to hear other's thoughts.