Paddling with or against the strong current?

My life is headed in a certain direction. Often I fight that direction by resisting what needs to be done, or actively doing the opposite of what is needed. Like paddling upstream in a swift-running river, it slows down the achievement of my goal and exhausts me. I can see ways that I have been doing that lately. In what area of your life are you resisting the obvious direction your life is headed?