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Written by David Smith on 2025-01-10 at 13:41

The transition back into working life after a break I always find challenging, so over the years I've developed a handful of "tricks" to help me get moving again.

One of which is my "Accomplish One Thing" rule, which helps me to start building up my working inertia again.

I wrote up my approach here in the hopes that it might help anyone else staring into the wide-open expanse of work and feeling rather daunted by it.

https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2025/01/10/accomplish-one-thing/

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Written by Joseph Humfrey on 2025-01-10 at 13:52

@_Davidsmith Love this! I’ll give it a try.

Sometimes when I have inertia issues, what’s often stopping me is that I’m simply not sure what to do next (or in this case first!), but I hadn’t yet consciously identified that as being a problem. I’m just procrastinating.

If I catch myself, and tell myself that “planning what to do next” is a useful and productive task in itself, then it feels easy, manageable, and can get me excited about task 2 😀

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Written by David Smith on 2025-01-10 at 14:35

@joethephish Exactly, what I've really consistently found is that it really doesn't matter what the first task is, just that it is something to get moving again. Early into a cycle it is the movement that has the utility rather than the actual outcome of the task.

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Written by Michael Swanson on 2025-01-10 at 18:43

@_Davidsmith Great post and advice, David! I also find the return to be the best time to capture things that cause a reaction, like: "why am I doing ___ again?" Sadly, those reactions fade quickly, so they're precious.

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Written by Cesar Cavazos on 2025-01-11 at 06:12

@_Davidsmith great advice! I do the same thing the first days of the year. I write down things that need to be done and put a number to prioritize them. Then just do one, that’s it!

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