Slippery slope.

The walk away from creativity and professionalism is a slippery slope.

The rational mind distracts us from the work and takes us towards the temptation of the displacement activities. It starts with a harmless seaming action, but keeps gaining momentum with each subsequent iteration.

Taken alone, none of these iterations seem malevolent, but overall they take us so much away from our work, from our best self that it starts seeming impossible to get back.

The journey back up the mountain is difficult and treacherous, especially because it involves tackling the momentum of the habit of slipping.

But a professional takes this journey one step at a time, one action at a time, one day at a time.