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Task initiation
Why You Can Do Hard Things But Not Easy Ones
You can run a product launch but can't make a dentist appointment. That's not laziness—it's how your brain actually sorts tasks.
Getting unstuck
How to Start the Thing When Your Brain Won't Let You
You're stuck right now. Here are five things that actually work in the next five minutes—no theory, no willpower.
Understanding your brain
How interest-based attention, task initiation, and urgency dependency actually work.
Task initiation
Why You Can Do Hard Things But Not Easy Ones
Your brain sorts tasks by interest, not difficulty.
~9 min readInterest-based attention
Interest-based attentionWhy You Can Binge a Show But Can't Make a Phone Call
The difference isn't willpower—it's what each task offers your attention system.
~8 min readInterest-based attention
Interest-based attentionThe Productivity Paradox
You launched a product but the expense report sits untouched.
~8 min readInterest-based attention
Interest-based attentionWhy Deadlines Are the Only Thing That Works
That last-minute rush has a name, and it's not laziness.
~8 min readTask initiation
Task initiationTask Initiation vs. Procrastination
Procrastination is choosing to delay. Task initiation failure is wanting to start and not being able to.
~7 min readProductivity
ProductivityWhy Traditional Productivity Advice Fails
Planners and morning routines were built for a different brain.
~9 min readStrategies that work
Practical techniques for getting unstuck—each one works in five minutes or less.
Getting unstuck
How to Start the Thing When Your Brain Won't Let You
Five things that actually work in the next five minutes.
~7 min readStrategy
StrategyThe 5-Minute Deal
Commit to five minutes only—and mean it.
~6 min readStrategy
StrategyShrink the Task
Find the one physical action that bypasses the initiation block.
~6 min readStrategy
StrategyChange the Frame
From "I have to" to "I wonder what happens if."
~6 min readStrategy
StrategyBody Doubling
Another person nearby makes impossible tasks possible.
~6 min readStrategy
StrategySwitch Your Environment
Moving somewhere else resets the association with stuck.
~5 min readReal-world situations
When a specific task feels impossible—here's what's happening and what to do about it.
Executive function
Executive functionThe Invisible Steps
"Cancel that subscription" isn't one task—it's seven decisions.
~8 min readExecutive function
Executive functionWhy Phone Calls Feel Impossible
Real-time processing meets every executive function challenge at once.
~7 min readExecutive function
Executive functionThe Neurodivergent Guide to Email
Every email is 3–5 decisions disguised as one task.
~8 min readExecutive function
Executive functionADHD and Taxes
Every executive function trap, bundled into one annual deadline.
~8 min readAvoidance
AvoidanceWhy You've Been Avoiding That Thing
The longer you wait, the harder it gets—but not because the task changed.
~7 min readThese strategies come from the full guide.
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