I’ve got 90 quiet minutes. How do I not waste them?

A setup for one protected block: a finish line, a first move, and a plan for the moment you stall.


When to use
Just before a stretch of focused time you had to fight to get.
Time
5 min

The prompt

I have of uninterrupted time to work on . Where it stands: . Help me set up the block before I start. If what I’ve described won’t fit in that time, say so first. Then give me four things: a finish line I can honestly reach, even if it’s smaller than I’d hoped; the exact thing to do in the first five minutes; what to leave alone on purpose until the block is over; and what to do if I’m stuck at the halfway mark. End with a two-line note to leave myself when time is up, with blanks to fill in. Keep it short enough to read in a minute.

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