Choose a starting step that can be attempted in a short window, such as opening a document and listing three headings. Set two or five minutes and begin that step.

At zero, choose whether to continue or revise the plan. The small window is a commitment you can change, not a deadline you must beat. The timer cannot guarantee that starting will feel easy.

The timer acts as a visual wedge, splitting a daunting commitment into a tiny, emotionally tolerable slice. Once the timer starts and the friction is overcome, momentum usually takes over.

Lower your resistance on our free visual timer