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Procrastination and avoidance

You know what to do. You are not doing it.

Your system has decided the task is a threat, and it is backing away.

What's actually happening

Avoidance is not laziness. It is the system backing away from a perceived threat, and every day of avoidance teaches it that it was right to. What breaks it is making the entry small enough that nothing objects.

Practices

Start with whichever is most available to you right now. The first groups tend to work soonest; the later ones build over time.

Why this works

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