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.


When to use
When you know exactly what the task is and still can’t make yourself open it.
Time
5 min
In the pack
Seven kinds of stuck

The prompt

I keep avoiding . I don’t want to explore why, and I don’t want a plan. I want to be inside it two minutes from now. Ask me up to two quick questions about where it stands and what I have in front of me. Then give me only the first two minutes: exactly what to open, and what to type or say, word for word if that helps. Make it too small to do badly. Then stop and wait. When I say done, give me the next two minutes and nothing beyond that. If I start explaining instead of doing, say so.

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