Surf the Waves

Steve Pavlina has a great post on how to take action consistently. It's basically just two simple steps:

1. Think about a goal, and visualize how you intend it to be. Do that for a few minutes, until you feel energy building up; aka you get aroused.
2. When you are aroused, "surf the waves" and start doing whatever you need to be doing before the energy waves ebbed.

I tried it on an article I was working on, and yes, once I gathered enough excitement for my goal (it took only 5 mins), I got easily into a 4-hr flow. I completed the 1200 worder! Yay!

I think this works well with goals that you are actually excited about. But when it comes to things you have absolute no passion for, the energy just won't peak. Which is good actually. That way it also works as a filter to see if your goals are truly what your soul desire or if they are simply a personality goal.