Why starting is the hard part (and what actually helps)
The evidence says procrastination is not laziness: it is dread plus distance from reward, and every fix that holds up works by shrinking the start.
September 1, 202612 min read
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Why starting is the hard part (and what actually helps)
September 1, 2026The evidence says procrastination is not laziness: it is dread plus distance from reward, and every fix that holds up works by shrinking the start.
12 min readRead more