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Time Management · How to Stop Procrastinating: Practical Techniques That Work

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Trick to keep in mind+3 XP

Name the friction first: unclear, too big, scary, boring or stuck.

Avoidance is rarely laziness. A task usually feels unclear, large, risky or dull, and each of those has a different fix: ask a question, split it up, allow a rough draft, use a short timer. Calling yourself lazy tends to make things worse, because it points to no action at all.

Read it once, then a question tests whether the trick stuck.