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The Stuck Card
For the moment you can't start. Tape it where the work happens.
1Fill in your two pattern lines below — in your own words, from the lesson.
2Print the card. It comes out as one 4×6 card.
3Tape it at your workspace — not in a folder. It only works if it's there when you're stuck.
Stuck? You're not avoiding the task. You're avoiding a feeling.
Run the protocol
1
Name it
The task is .
The feeling is .
The part of me is protecting me from .
The feeling is .
The part of me is protecting me from .
Micro T.R.A.P. — Trigger · Reaction · Action · Payoff
2
Face it
Thank the part. Let the feeling be there. The urge to escape is a wave — it passes in minutes. You can act with the feeling present.
3
Shrink it
One filmable action: open the doc / write one sentence / dial the number.
Two minutes. You're allowed to stop after two minutes — that permission is what makes starting safe.
4
Change the conditions
Phone → other room
One tab
Body double
Capture pad for stray thoughts
My patterns
Your two lines, in your own words — this is why the card is yours and not generic.
When I notice , I will .
When I notice , I will .
When I notice , I will .
No shame anywhere on this card. Shame is fuel for the loop.
Full protocol: T.R.A.P. Map & Anti-Procrastination Protocol
Print me. Tape me at your workspace — not in a folder. I only work if I'm physically present at the moment you're stuck. Steps 1–4 get run in the moment, out loud if it helps; the checkboxes are things to change right now, not homework.
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