Frozen in front of a blank page

Finding Focus

The page is not asking for the finished thing, only the next honest sentence. Begin badly on purpose; momentum forgives a rough start.

Sitting with this one

Why it resonates: Permission to begin badly removes the pressure that usually causes the freeze in the first place.
Best for: Starting any creative or daunting task from zero.
How to use it: Set a two-minute timer and write or do the worst possible first version on purpose.

This one is here for anyone. Want a line for exactly how you feel right now? Stillwaters will write one on the spot.

Attention is not lost, only spread thin. Close one thing, choose one thing, and let doing less become the way you finally do enough.

Every ping is a small request for your presence somewhere else. You are allowed to stay here, with what you chose, until it is finished.

You cannot lift the whole list, so stop trying to hold it. Pick up one task with both hands, and let the rest wait its turn.

A dozen half-built things weigh more than one that is done. Choose the nearest to finished and carry it over the line before you begin anything new.