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Procrastination Buster Flowchart

A flowchart that catches you before avoidance becomes a habit.

How to use it

  1. Feeling stuck? Ask: too big, too vague, or too boring?
  2. Too big → cut a slice. Too vague → name the action. Too boring → pair with music or a timer.
  3. Start the 2-minute version now.

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Procrastination Buster Flowchart

A flowchart that catches you before avoidance becomes a habit

  1. 1Feeling stuck? Ask: too big, too vague, or too boring?
  2. 2Too big → cut a slice. Too vague → name the action. Too boring → pair with music or a timer.
  3. 3Start the 2-minute version now.

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Cut along the dashed line. Check that your print dialog says 100 percent, not “Fit to page”.

Procrastination is usually a problem with the task shape, not your character.

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