1. Try the 2-Minutes Rule.
Most of the tasks you procrastinate on aren't difficult to complete.
. The first part of this rule is that if a task takes under two-minutes or less to complete, do it immediately.
Example: Responding to an email or tossing
your laundry into the dryer.
• The second part of this rule is what when starting new habits, it should take less than 2 minutes to do.
Once we get started, "we perceive the task as much less aversive than we do when we're avoiding it."
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Are you always staring out the window for countless minutes, even though you have work to do? Do you research useless information or play games on the Internet when you know you have more important, pressing tasks?
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The 2-Minute Rule
If you can do an action in two minutes or less, tackle it at the moment — and don’t delay.
The rule was created by David Allen in Getting Things Done & James Clear recommends it for habit building as well: When you start a new habit it should take less tha...
The 2-minute rule
If a task takes less than 2 minutes, then do it now.
If the effort to keep remembering a task is more than just getting it out of the way now, then do it.
Follow the "two-minute rule"
If you see a task or action that you know can be done in two minutes or less, do it immediately.
Completing the task right away actually takes less time than having to get back to it later.
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