- How to stop procrastinating
Eight methods that research supports, from two-minute steps to forgiving yesterday, and a plan for the next ten minutes.
- Why do I procrastinate?
Six common reasons, the research behind them, and what helps with each one.
- The two-minute rule
David Allen's and James Clear's versions, why the rule works and twelve examples of two-minute first steps.
- Apps for procrastination
Starting apps, blockers, body doubling, timers and planners: which kind helps with which kind of stuck.
Try it on your own thing
Startr is a procrastination app built on the ideas in these guides. You type the thing you keep putting off, it writes a first step that takes two minutes, you pick a time and a place, and at that time it counts you down and starts a 5-minute timer. There's no sign-up, and the web app works on any phone or computer.
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