A Tip For Starting Your To-Do List

About this episode

Arielle Nissenblatt shares a tip for overcoming procrastination by starting tasks with just two minutes of commitment.

When getting started feels impossible because too many projects are piling up, try shrinking the commitment to two minutes and begin anyway. This tip speaks to procrastination, task initiation, and context switching at work, especially when a long to-do list makes every choice feel like the wrong one. Arielle Nissenblatt shares a Threads find from @isaiah.brownstein: trade “two hours” for “two minutes,” then see what happens. Music is by Marcus Thorne Bagala. Find us everywhere at https://dailytipspodcast.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Arielle Nissenblatt, Ned Donovan

Topics covered

• procrastination
• task initiation
• to-do list
• work productivity
• context switching

Keywords

• to-do list
• procrastination
• task initiation
• work productivity
• context switching

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Organizations: Marcus Thorne Bagala

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