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🐢Procrastinator's Tiny Goal

Designing Your LifeProcrastinators · Goal Setting · Single SessionEasy

for the procrastinator whose goals are always too big to start

Goal

Set one goal so tiny you can finish it today, then schedule the next tiny one.

Source principle

You can't think your way into a life; build forward through small real-world tries. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

The plan

  1. 🗣️
    0:00-0:05
    Name the goal you've been avoiding. One sentence.
  2. ✂️
    0:05-0:15
    Cut it in half. Then in half again. Until it's today-sized.
  3. 🔬
    0:15-0:20
    Write the smallest version you can finish today. Tiny.
  4. ⏲️
    0:20-0:25
    Set a 25-min timer. No phone.
  5. ▶️
    0:25-0:50
    Do that version. No research. Just doing.
  6. 📓
    0:50-0:55
    Log: did you finish? Yes / no. One sentence on what blocked you.
  7. 🎯
    0:55-1:00
    Pick tomorrow's slightly bigger version. One line.
  8. 📅
    1:00-1:05
    Calendar it. Real time. Close.

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