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What are the first two minutes of the thing I keep avoiding?
A two-minute way into the task you’ve been circling, then the next two, and nothing more.
Moment 62 prompts 11 scenes
Feeling stuck.
You keep circling the same thing and nothing moves.
More for this moment.
61 more prompts, drawn from 11 scenes.
Know yourself 10 min What’s the biggest thing I’m missing out on?
One overlooked opportunity in your life, with the evidence for it and a first step.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min Where could I get better without trying harder?
One place where changing your method, not adding effort, would pay off most.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What can everyone see about me except me?
Up to three likely blind spots with the evidence, and a question to check the biggest one.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What do I keep repeating and calling bad luck?
One recurring loop in your life, drawn from trigger to cost, and the best place to break it.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What do I already know but keep pretending I don’t?
The one thing you’ve been circling, said in a single plain sentence, with your own tells.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What advice do I give everyone else and never take?
The piece of your own advice you most need, and what taking it this week looks like.
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Know yourself 10 min What’s the real question underneath the one I keep asking?
The harder question hiding behind the one you keep asking, and what gave it away.
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Know yourself 10 min Which fear has been making my decisions for me?
One fear, the choices it has quietly shaped, and a low-risk way to test whether it’s right.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min Where have I gotten a little too comfortable?
The place where comfort has turned into habit, and a stretch that’s one size up.
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Know yourself 10 min Who do I envy, and what is that telling me?
A clear read on what your envy is pointing at, minus the parts of their life you’d hate.
Know yourself 10 min Everything I avoid has something in common. What is it?
What the tasks, calls and topics you avoid have in common, and the cheapest place to test it.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min Which two things do I want that I can’t have at once?
The tug-of-war behind your stuck decisions, named, with three honest ways to settle it.
2 versions
Decide 10 min What decision am I avoiding?
The one decision you keep not making, what the delay costs, and a smaller version to make now.
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Decide 10 min Am I still deciding, or am I just looking for permission?
An honest read on whether your mind is still open, and what would actually change it.
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Decide 5 min I keep going back and forth. What does this choice come down to?
The one trade-off underneath a two-way choice, in a sentence you can say out loud.
Decide 5 min Both options feel wrong. What’s the third one?
Your either-or decision restated as a wider question, plus four options you hadn’t put on the table.
Decide 2 min Stop giving me pros and cons. Which one would you pick?
One pick from your shortlist, the reasons behind it, and the fact that would flip the answer.
Decide 5 min What would I tell a friend who was in my exact position?
Your own situation handed back as a friend’s, so you can hear the advice you’d give them.
Decide 10 min On paper it’s a yes. So why does my gut say no?
A name for what your gut is reacting to, and whether it’s information or just nerves.
Decide 10 min How will I know when it’s time to stop?
Three clear conditions and a date, written now, that tell you later when to walk away.
Decide 5 min I’ve put so much into this. Is that a reason to keep going?
A fresh look at whether to keep going, with what you’ve already spent set to one side.
Decide 10 min Was that a bad decision, or did it just turn out badly?
A fair review of a choice that went wrong, separating what you could have known from plain luck.
Work 10 min If I change nothing, where does my career end up?
An honest sketch of where your current path leads in three years, and the one choice that would bend it.
2 versions
Work 10 min This feedback stung. Which part of it is true?
Feedback that stung, sorted into what’s fair, what’s unclear and what to do in the next two weeks.
Work 10 min Is this burnout, or just a bad month?
A clearer picture of what’s wearing you down at work, what you can change, and when to see a professional.
Work 10 min What do I do for free that someone would pay for?
Three ways to earn from something you already do well, with who would pay and a small test for each.
2 versions
Money 10 min What do I believe about money that I never chose?
Two or three money beliefs you inherited, the evidence for each, and what each one costs you.
2 versions
People 5 min Tell me this argument again, from their side.
Your disagreement retold from the other person’s point of view, plus what you may be missing.
People 10 min Why do we keep having the same argument?
The loop behind a repeating argument, drawn in plain steps, and the one place you could step out.
People 10 min Is this friendship fading, or has life just gotten loud?
An honest read on a friendship that has drifted, and whether to reach out, adjust or let go.
People 10 min I’m lonelier than I let on. Where do I start?
The kind of connection you seem short on, and three small steps toward it this week.
2 versions
People 10 min How do I talk to my teenager and get more than ‘fine’?
Five ways into a real conversation with your teen, and the one habit of yours to drop.
Mind and body 10 min How can you tell when I’m stressed?
Your early signs of stress in the order they show up, and one small response to the first of them.
2 versions
Mind and body 10 min Write me something to read while a craving passes.
A short script in your own words to read when the urge hits, written while you’re calm.
Mind and body 10 min I’m stressed about everything. What’s the one thing underneath?
Your pile of stresses grouped into two or three real sources, and the one to deal with first.
Mind and body 10 min Is this worry a problem to solve or a thought to put down?
One worry split into what you can act on this week and what you can only set aside, with a step for each.
Mind and body 10 min I’m not lazy, so why do I keep putting this off?
The most likely feeling behind one task you keep dodging, and a first ten minutes that gets around it.
Mind and body 10 min Ask me about my day like someone who actually wants to know.
Ten minutes of guided reflection that ends in three lines, in your words, worth keeping.
Mind and body 10 min I feel off and I can’t name it. Help me find the word.
Three candidate words for what you’re feeling, how they differ, and one sentence to say out loud.
Mind and body 10 min Would I talk to a friend the way I talk to myself?
Your harshest lines about yourself, checked for what’s true and rewritten the way you’d say them to a friend.
2 versions
Focus 10 min What should I stop doing?
Three recurring things to stop, each with the evidence, the hours it returns and a graceful way out.
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Focus 10 min Here’s everything in my head. What do I do first?
Your whole tangle sorted into five piles, with one clear thing to do first.
Focus 5 min Where did yesterday go?
Yesterday added up by category, set against your own guess, with the hour you’d want back.
Focus 5 min Everything is urgent. What’s actually on fire?
Every urgent item tested against what happens if it waits, plus a note for whoever has to wait.
Focus 5 min Break this down for me until the first step feels almost silly.
The first ten pieces of a big task, each ten minutes or less and starting with something physical.
Focus 5 min I’m going to miss this deadline. What can still be saved?
The smallest version that still does the job, a plan for the hours left, and a message if it won’t fit.
Learn 10 min Make me work this out myself, one question at a time.
A chain of small questions that leads you to the idea, and a note of what you worked out alone.
Learn 10 min I got this wrong. What did I misunderstand?
The wrong idea that produced your wrong answer, named, fixed and tested with two new problems.
Learn 10 min Why have I stopped getting better at this?
The likely reason you’ve leveled off, and two weeks of practice built to get you moving again.
Learn 10 min I taught myself this. What did I skip?
The gaps a self-taught route usually leaves, ranked by how much they matter for what you do.
Learn 10 min What do I keep looking up that I should just learn?
The one thing you keep looking up that would pay you back to learn once, properly.
2 versions
Learn 10 min What changed in my field while I wasn’t paying attention?
The five biggest changes in a field since you stopped following it, and what’s still unsettled.
Needs web search
Write and create 10 min I don’t know how to start. Ask me questions until I do.
Your main point, a short outline and three opening lines, all drawn from your own answers.
Write and create 5 min Tell me the truth about this draft before someone else does.
The three biggest problems in your draft, ranked, plus what’s working and should stay.
Write and create 5 min Which part of my draft am I keeping only because I love it?
The passage you’re attached to that the piece doesn’t need, and what happens if it goes.
Write and create 5 min The first ten ideas are obvious. What are the next twenty?
Thirty ideas that fit your limits, the obvious ones labeled, and the three worth keeping.
Write and create 10 min I stalled on a project I care about. Where’s the way back in?
A read on where your project stopped, and three small ways back in, each under twenty minutes.
AI basics 2 min Before you answer, ask me what you need to know.
An assistant that asks what it needs before it answers, for the rest of the chat.
AI basics 2 min This chat got too long. Write the handoff for a fresh one.
A note that carries the goal, the decisions and the open questions into a new chat.
AI basics 5 min What did you just assume about me?
The hidden assumptions in the last answer, ranked, and a second answer written for you.
Play 2 min Give me a fortune cookie that’s secretly good advice.
Three fortunes about what’s on your mind, each with the plain advice hiding inside it.
There is a pack for this.
A pack is a small set of prompts chosen for one situation.
Seven kinds of stuck
Can’t start, can’t choose, can’t stop worrying: one prompt for each.
- What are the first two minutes of the thing I keep avoiding?
- Everything is urgent. What’s actually on fire?
- Stop giving me pros and cons. Which one would you pick?
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Other moments.
This is one of 16. These two sit on either side of it.