Your plan for feeling procrastinating
Make avoidance less convenient.
Procrastination protects you from discomfort now and creates more later. Change the first thirty seconds.
Choose how you want to approach it
Keep in mind
- Avoidance is a pattern, not your personality.
- The beginning is often the hardest part.
- A short start breaks the loop.
Step-by-step
- 01
Name what you are avoiding
Be specific: the reading, the blank page, or the difficult question. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 02
Prepare the workspace
Open the material and place everything needed within reach. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 03
Promise two minutes
Start with permission to stop after two honest minutes. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 04
Choose again
At the end, either stop intentionally or continue for one more short block. Keep this move under five minutes.