<ul><li>To work out, you don't need to be motivated for an entire hour to finish a workout; you just need to be motivated for the 10 minutes it takes you to pack up and drive to the gym. Once you're at the gym, you'll always work out. </li><li>To clean out your basement, you don't need to be motivated for the entire afternoon; you just need to be motivated for the five minutes it takes you to transition from what you're doing now to getting started. </li><li>To go for a swim in a cold pool, you don't need to be motivated for your entire swim; you just need to be motivated for the 30 seconds it takes you to jump in and start swimming. </li> </ul>

Takeaway: The more boring, frustrating, difficult, meaningless, ambiguous, and unstructured a task is, the more likely you are to procrastinate with it.

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