Your brain reads the room before you start. A place where you always do one kind of work becomes a cue for it, and you get going faster. A place where you do everything cues nothing.
If you can't change rooms, change what's in front of you. Clear desk for thinking, second screen for admin. Evidence: decent
Same theme: Getting started
Getting started
Decide tomorrow tonight
Before you close the laptop, write tomorrow's three tasks in the order you'll do them.
5 minEvidence: decent
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Get it out of your head
Everything you're trying to remember goes on one list, today.
10 minEvidence: decent
Getting started
Stuck? Do something dull
When a problem won't move, leave it and do a boring physical job for twenty minutes. Dishes, a walk, the garage.
20 minEvidence: decent