Break the paralysis on the thing you keep not starting with a 2-minute launch sequence — a countdown into motion before the resistance can win. Use when asked I keep putting this off, help me finally start, I've been avoiding this for days, or I can't make myself begin. Produces a diagnosis of what flavor of resistance is stopping you, a 2-minute launch move matched to it, a literal countdown into action, and a bare-minimum win definition — designed to convert avoidance into motion in the next 120 seconds, not to make a plan for later.
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Use the-2-minute-launch to diagnose resistance to [thing], then give a matched two-minute launch, minimum win, and literal countdown based on [avoidance duration and suspected blocker] and [time available now].
Required inputs
[thing]
[avoidance duration and suspected blocker]
[time available now]
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name: the-2-minute-launchdescription: "Break the paralysis on the thing you keep not starting with a 2-minute launch sequence — a countdown into motion before the resistance can win. Use when asked I keep putting this off, help me finally start, I've been avoiding this for days, or I can't make myself begin. Produces a diagnosis of what flavor of resistance is stopping you, a 2-minute launch move matched to it, a literal countdown into action, and a bare-minimum win definition — designed to convert avoidance into motion in the next 120 seconds, not to make a plan for later."
The 2-Minute Launch
Some tasks you've avoided for days aren't hard — they're un-started, and every day of avoidance adds dread. Planning more doesn't help; launching does. This diagnoses what's actually blocking you (boredom? fear? fuzziness?), gives a 2-minute move matched to it, and counts you into motion right now. The goal isn't a schedule — it's you, in action, within the next two minutes.
What This Skill Produces
The resistance diagnosis — what's actually stopping you (it's boring / scary / unclear / feels huge / perfectionism), because the launch depends on the flavor
The matched launch move — a 2-minute action that dissolves that specific resistance
A countdown into action — a literal "5-4-3-2-1, go" so there's no gap for the resistance to reassert
The minimum win — the tiniest version that counts as "started," so success is guaranteed
No planning — this is a launch, not a plan for later
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
The thing — what you keep not starting
How long you've avoided it — hours, days, weeks
What you think is stopping you — your honest guess
How much time you have right now — even two minutes is enough
Framework: Diagnose, Match, Count In
Name the resistance flavor. Boredom, fear, fuzziness ("I don't know how"), overwhelm ("it's huge"), or perfectionism each block differently — identify which.
Match the launch to it. Boring → make it a game/timer; scary → do the safest tiny piece; fuzzy → the launch is just "write the first question"; huge → the smallest visible dent; perfectionism → "do it badly on purpose."
Define the minimum win. The tiniest thing that counts as started, so the next 2 minutes can't fail.
Count into motion. A literal countdown to go — leaving no pause for the resistance to talk you out of it.
Stay in launch mode. No planning, scheduling, or optimizing — the only job is to be moving in 120 seconds.
Output Format
You keep not starting: [the thing] · avoided for [time]