Next step
I no fit start
Cut the task down to one physical action wey small reach say nothing remain wey you go decide.
How e dey feel
You sabi the task. You sabi say e matter. You fit even want am finish. But the first move no dey happen — and the longer e no happen, na so e dey heavy. That one na real and exact experience, and e no be the same thing as say you no care.
Wetin fit dey happen
To start never be one action. Na pile of small decision wey must clear before anything wey eye fit see go happen. Some things dey make that pile expensive:
- The task na category, no be task. “Work on the report” no get first move inside am.
- Step one still be decision. No be the work hold you, na to choose hold you.
- The task carry history — failure wey happen before, shouting, three weeks of avoiding am.
- Ordinary thing dey drain you: no sleep, no food, too many things at once, low mood.
Try this one now
Make am small until e almost be nothing
Name the task, then cut am down to the smallest physical thing wey you fit do without to decide anything. No be “write the report” — na “open the document, type the title.” The tool wey dey below go do am with you, and e get optional two-minute timer.
Write the task for small words.
Ask: wetin be the first thing wey my hand go touch or open?
Cut am down again until e go take less than two minutes.
Do that one, that one alone. You fit stop after am.
Show me example
Example of first action
Two-minute timer (if you want)
The one thing to do next
Your one next action
Attach the small action to something wey actually dey happen today, instead of to time wey you dey hope for. “When I sidon after dinner, I go open the document and type the title.” Cue wey you fit see beat time wey you just plan.