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A sketch of an envelope and a phone shaped like a doorway, suggesting escape from starting a hard task.
Posted inProcrastination

Why We Reach for Our Phones When Tasks Feel Hard to Start

The email sits there, read but unanswered. You know what you want to say. You could type it in three minutes. Instead, you open Instagram. Then check the weather. Then…
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Tags: avoidance, digital habits, mental effort, micro-decisions, phone distraction

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