Procrastination Buster

Diagnose why you're avoiding a task and get an under-5-minute first step to break through.

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Task I'm procrastinating on: {{task}}
Why it matters: {{stakes}}
How long I've avoided it: {{duration}}
What I do instead: {{avoidance}}
The feeling when I think about it: {{feeling}}

Task — diagnose and break through:
1. Name the likely root cause (fear of failure, ambiguity, emotional avoidance,
   decision fatigue, or lack of meaning)
2. A specific intervention for that root cause
3. Break it down to a first step under 5 minutes
4. The exact first physical action I should take right now
5. A simple commitment device and reward

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