But I have to!
Do you, though?
Today, write about where you might currently be saying “but I have to because” the most in your life. Write into that, and interrogate the “have to” part. Why do you have to? What would happen if you didn’t? Allow yourself the thought experiment of seeing every possible alternative and see what comes up.
One trick I like to do from time to time is to search my email for certain phrases like that just to catch myself and see where it appears. It’s usually quite eye-opening.
Let’s write.
