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Writer's pictureKat Laforet

How to Get Off Track in 20 Seconds

20 SECONDS OF EFFORT CAN MEAN NO ACTION.


It takes only 20 seconds of additional required effort to prevent you from completing a task, even if you desire the outcome from that completed task.


It doesn't even matter if the "effort" isn't really effort at all... just a small thing that you have to do, BEFORE you do that actual thing.


Perfect example: Eating carrots 🥕🥕🥕🥕

I love farmers market carrots. They are sweet. They are crunchy. They are enough to make me choose that instead of a pantry snack.


Unless I have to peel them. It's annoying to have to peel them. It takes an annoying extra 20 seconds to peel a carrot.


It's annoying enough that if I had the choice between going into the fridge, getting the carrot out of the crisper, and peeling the carrot, I might choose the cupcake sitting in the Tupperware container on the counter in plain sight just because it's easier.


What I SHOULD do, is pre-peel the carrots and set them in a bowl on the counter, and move the cupcake into the pantry. And just like that, I have placed the carrots in the path of least resistance.


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