Open the doc. Write one bad sentence on purpose.
≈ 2 MIN
that's the whole job
THE ANTI-PROCRASTINATION APP
Start ugly. Finish proud.
Tell it what you're dreading. It shrinks the dread to a two-minute first action and starts the clock.
coming soon. two-minute habit.
PRINTING…
1:57
the plates line up as you work →
THE ANTI-PROCRASTINATION APP
Start ugly. Finish proud.
Tell it what you're dreading. It shrinks the dread to a two-minute first action and starts the clock.
Open the doc. Write one bad sentence on purpose.
1:57
HOW IT WORKS
Dump the dread
Type the thing you keep not-starting. Rant welcome. Nobody's grading it.
It shrinks to 2 minutes
UglyStart turns "write the report" into "open the doc, write one bad sentence on purpose." A first action too small to dodge.
The drift carries you
Misprinted digits pull into register as the clock runs. At 0:00 you've started, and momentum does the rest.
HOW IT WORKS
Dump the dread. Type the thing you keep not-starting.
It shrinks to 2 minutes. A first action too small to dodge.
The drift carries you. Digits pull into register; momentum does the rest.
THE SCIENCE (LIGHTLY CITED, HEAVILY USED)
You're not lazy. You're mood-repairing.
Mood repair
Procrastination is avoiding a feeling, not a task. Shrink the feeling and the task follows. (Sirois & Pychyl, 2013)
If-then plans
A specific cue paired with a concrete action improves follow-through. UglyStart can turn the first move into an if-then plan. (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006)
Momentum
Interrupted, already-started tasks are easier to resume. Two minutes creates something real to come back to. (Ovsiankina effect)
THE SCIENCE
Procrastination is mood repair: you avoid the feeling, not the task (Sirois & Pychyl). If-then plans improve follow-through (Gollwitzer & Sheeran). Interrupted, already-started tasks are easier to resume (Ovsiankina). Two minutes gives you something real to return to.
Coming soon to iPhone.
Coming soon.
Coming soon to iPhone.
Coming soon.