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Focus / Procrastination High severity ⧗ 10 min

I keep avoiding the important task

You know what the one important task is. You keep doing easier things instead.

▶ DETECTED BUG avoidance_proxy.exe
▶ WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING

Easier tasks are running as a proxy for productivity so you do not have to face the hard one. The proxy never expires on its own.

▶ OS REWRITE

Doing easy work to feel productive is a fake checksum. The hard task is the only task that moves the score.

▶ NEXT ACTION

Open the hard task. Set a 10-minute timer. You only have to start. Stopping after 10 is allowed.

▶ KILL COMMAND sudo kill -9 avoidance_proxy && exec hard_task --duration 10m
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label avoidance_proxy.exe
meaning

Fake-productive tasks are masking the real one.

recommended move

Kill the proxy. Direct-execute the hard task.

Execution sequence

  1. 01
    Name the real task

    Write it on paper, one line.

  2. 02
    10-minute entry

    You only commit to 10 minutes. After that, you can stop.

  3. 03
    Continue if alive

    Most of the time you keep going. The hard part was starting.

▶ RUN OVERWRITE ⧗ start 10-min sprint