🍃Gravity Problem Triage

for the one raging at problems they cannot move

Goal

Sort your stuck problems into fixable vs. gravity, then act only on the fixable.

Source principle

Some problems are fixed like gravity; stop trying to solve them and route around them instead. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

The plan

1. 📋
   0:00-0:10

   List every stuck problem. All of them. Out of your head.
2. 🏷️
   0:10-0:20

   Sort each into 'fixable' / 'gravity' / 'half-gravity'.
3. ✂️
   0:20-0:25

   Cross out the gravity ones. You cannot move them. Let go.
4. ✏️
   0:25-0:35

   For half-gravity: rewrite the part you CAN act on. Just that part.
5. 🔍
   0:35-0:40

   Reread the fixable list. Pick the one that unlocks the most.
6. 🎯
   0:40-0:50

   Pick one fixable to attack today. Just one.
7. ⏱️
   0:50-0:55

   Write the first 10-min move on that fixable. Calendar it.
8. 🚫
   0:55-1:00

   Ignore the rest until next triage. They wait.

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