What to Do When You Have Been Procrastinating for Weeks

The longer you avoid something, the bigger it feels. The task itself has not changed — but the dread around it has inflated like a balloon. The only way to pop it is to touch the task, even briefly.

Commit to just 5 minutes of work on it. Not to finish — just to start. Open the document, write one line, make one phone call. Usually, that tiny contact is enough to break the spell. The wall between you and the task was never as solid as it seemed.