When a Project Stalls Halfway
For the thing you were excited about two months ago and have not touched in three weeks. It helps you work out whether it stalled from boredom, overwhelm or a wrong turn, and pick the one small step that gets it moving again.
Motivation · Motivation · Goals · 8 items · whenever you need it
The checklist
- Write where it actually stopped, not why — the stopping point is usually a specific task.
- Ask whether it is boring, too big, or wrong — the three need completely different fixes.
- Cut the next step down to twenty minutes — a stalled project restarts small or not at all.
- Do the ugly version of the next piece — rough and finished beats perfect and unstarted.
- Decide out loud whether you still want it — abandoning on purpose is not the same as failing.
- Put one working session in the calendar — intentions without a slot do not survive a week.
- Tell someone the next step and the date — a witness changes the odds more than willpower.
- Shrink the finish line if it has drifted — the original plan is allowed to be renegotiated.
Use this checklist Free account: tick items off and keep each day's record.
How to use it
Run through it whenever you need it, honestly and without scoring yourself. A checklist is a way of noticing, not a test: an item you cannot tick is information about the day, not a verdict on you. Over a few weeks the pattern of what gets ticked and what does not says more than any single pass.
With a free Theraglee account the checklist remembers each pass, so you can look back. Without one, you can still read it here and keep your own copy.