Get unstuck on a task you keep avoiding
Use when you keep putting off a specific task and want to figure out why and start now.
I keep avoiding a task. Help me get moving.
The task: {{task}}
How long I have been avoiding it: {{avoidance_time}}
What I notice when I think about starting: {{feelings}}
Do this:
1. Diagnose the most likely reason I am stuck (it is too big, unclear, boring, scary, or perfectionism), based on what I described.
2. Shrink the task to a 5-minute first step I can do right now without thinking.
3. Give me a short script to talk myself into starting.
4. Suggest one way to lower the friction (remove a blocker, change the setting, or set a timer).
5. Tell me what "good enough done" looks like so I stop polishing.
Be direct and encouraging, not preachy.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{task}}
- {{avoidance_time}}
- {{feelings}}
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