Articles

Short, plain-language pieces on why starting is hard and what helps — the same thinking the workbook is built on, written out in full.

• When you want to do it but can't start

  You care about the task and still can't begin. Why that isn't laziness, and how to get the first move out of yourself.

• Why "just do it for five minutes" keeps failing

  The five-minute rule quietly assumes the thing you can't do. The small change — an if-then plan — that makes starting reliable.

• Procrastination, or executive dysfunction?

  They feel the same from the inside but need opposite fixes. How to tell which one you're dealing with today.

• You missed a day. Don't start over.

  Breaking a streak isn't failing. Why the habits that last are the ones you restart fastest, not the ones you never break.