You sit down to do the thing. The house is quiet. The laptop is open. And nothing happens. You cannot start. Then a friend comes over. They sit on the sofa with their own laptop, doing their own work. And suddenly you can focus. The task that felt impossible ten minutes ago now flows. That [...]

“Just start.” “Eat the frog.” “Do the hardest thing first.” You have heard it all. And every time someone says it, a small part of you dies inside, because if you could just start, you would have done it hours ago. The problem with most procrastination advice is that it assumes a neurotypical brain. It [...]