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Attention & Initiation

Protect attention from algorithms and assistants, and turn avoidance into a next action.

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Protect your attention from both algorithms and assistants

AI assistants can help you focus or fragment your day further, depending on how you open them. An attention budget names when AI opens, what job it has, and when the session ends.

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Procrastination as friction: find the next visible action

Treat an avoided task as a stuck point to investigate, not a character verdict. A six-branch heuristic and a five-minute experiment can help you name one visible next action without pretending to diagnose the cause.

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When reflection becomes a reassurance loop

Repeatedly asking a chatbot the same worried question can intensify a reassurance loop. Recognize the pattern, use a pre-committed stopping condition, and move to an appropriate human or offline action.

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