You’re not procrastinating.

You’re getting hijacked.

Not by “laziness.”
By a predictable trigger that hits - and you fold like it’s new.

It’s always the same movie:

You sit down.
You feel resistance.
Your brain offers a deal.

“Later.”
“After coffee.”
“After I check one thing.”
“After I feel ready.”

And you take the deal.
Because it feels reasonable.

That’s the trap.

Resistance isn’t a stop sign.
It’s a signal.

A signal that the task is too big right now.

Most people respond by pushing harder.
Then they burn out.
Then they start calling themselves broken.

Wrong move.

The move is to shrink.

One concept:

You don’t beat procrastination with grit.
You beat it with an automatic trigger response.

A script you run the moment the feeling shows up.
Before your brain gets a vote.

Micro-story.

I used to lose 45 minutes to “warming up.”
Open laptop. Feel pressure.
Then I’d tidy tabs, re-check messages, re-organize notes.

I called it “getting ready.”

It was fear with better branding.

So I made one rule: