The Imperfectionist: Just go to the shed

I need to revisit this article and read it a few more times, because if I reflect on it this idea of "just go there" to things that you are pushing off, procrastinating, or just not wanting to do for some reason may be the thing that works the best for me.

It's worth noting how the advice to "just go there" differs subtly from the well-worn idea that the way to get started on intimidating projects is to break them into smaller chunks. That's a useful strategy! But the way it works is to alleviate anxiety by reducing the size of the "threat", whereas we're talking here about transforming the threat into something else entirely.

This is counter to the typical "eat the frog" idea. And I think it is psychologically more productive.