Manual № 37 · Procrastination

StartingAnyway

The manual for procrastination.

Not a character flaw. A loop, and loops can be broken.

12 modules — for the person who keeps not starting

  1. 01What Procrastination Actually Is
  2. 02When the Stakes Are Already High
  3. 03Watching the Loop for a Week
  4. 04The Five-Minute Start
  5. 05Cutting the Task Down to Something That Can Be Started
  6. 06Deciding in Advance: If-Then Plans
  1. 07Why Later Always Wins, and How to Cheat It
  2. 08Perfectionism and the Fear of Being Judged
  3. 09Designing the Room
  4. 10Blocks, Partners, and Being Expected
  5. 11After You Procrastinate: Forgiving Yourself on Purpose
  6. 12Staying Started: Your Plan for the Next Slide

Two editions

Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.

Standard edition

$39

The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.

Elite edition · most complete

$69

Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from and how strong the evidence is, to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.

Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.

Inside The Toolkit

  1. 01What Already Works
  2. 02The Only Place a Task Can Be Started
  3. 03Doing Before Feeling
  4. 04What the Task Is Actually For
  5. 05If-Then Plans, and the Plan for When the Plan Fails
  6. 06The Chain From Task to Delay
  7. 07The Shapes Delay Thinking Takes
  1. 08Testing "I Work Better Under Pressure"
  2. 09Unhooking, and Doing It While the Feeling Is There
  3. 10Riding Out the Urge to Switch
  4. 11Adding Friction, Removing Friction
  5. 12The Voice After You Did Not Start
  6. 13Working in Intervals
  7. 14Is What You Are Doing Getting You What You Want?

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