Resisting the one hard task
The task you keep circling is usually the one worth doing. Sit with it for five honest minutes; resistance almost always dissolves once you have begun.
Sitting with this one
- Why it resonates
- It reframes resistance as a signal of importance and offers a tiny, five-minute on-ramp past the freeze.
- Best for
- The one task you keep avoiding all day.
- How to use it
- Set a five-minute timer and work on it until the bell, giving yourself full permission to stop after.
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Paralyzed by a too-long list