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I procrastinate on the work that matters

Start the most important work first, in focused blocks, before the day fills up.

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The 90-day goal

Beat procrastination on what matters

The work you avoid is usually the work that moves your life forward.

How you'll know it's working

Milestones

Day 30

Did my most important task first thing, 5 days a week, for two weeks

Day 60

Held a daily distraction-free focus block for three weeks

Day 90

Starting the hard thing early is now my default

The daily engine

Keystone habits

Most important task first

When I start my workday, I will do my single most important task before anything else.

Two-minute start

When I'm avoiding a task, I will commit to just two minutes to break the freeze.

Protect a focus block

At my scheduled deep-work time, I will close distractions and work in one block.

Start here

Your first steps

  1. 1

    Pick tomorrow's one thing tonight

    Decide your single most important task the night before so there's no morning debate.

  2. 2

    Shrink the first step

    Break the task down until the first step is too small to resist.

  3. 3

    Kill your top distraction

    Put your phone away and block the sites that pull you off during focus blocks.

For when it gets hard

If-then plans

Decide your response now, so motivation running out doesn't end the plan.

If I drift to busywork, then I return to my one important task before doing anything smaller.

If a task feels paralyzing, then I shrink it to a two-minute first step and just start.

If there's no deadline pushing me, then I set my own deadline and a focus block to meet it.

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