A focus sprint
One task, one block of time you choose, a clock you can pause or stop whenever you want. At the end you get back what you worked on and how long you gave it. There is no score, no streak and no record kept.
This is not an assessment. Stopping after four minutes is a legitimate result, and often a more informative one than finishing.
What are you working on?
How long, this time?
Pick the length you would actually sit through today, not the one you think you should pick. A short block you finish tells you more than a long one you abandon.
Running
Task
First move
Running
Stopping early is a normal thing to do. Nothing is being counted, and the next screen will say what you did either way.
What you did
- Task
- First move you named
- Block you chose
- Time you gave it
If you stopped early, the useful question is what was happening at that moment. Unclear next step, hungry, waiting on someone, room too quiet, material harder than expected — those have different answers, and none of them is about wanting it enough.
If you finished, note whether the first move you named turned out to be the real one. A block that stalls often stalls because the named move was still too large.
Nothing here is saved or sent anywhere. Closing this page clears it.
Worth knowing. Deciding in advance when and where you will act, and naming the specific action, is one of the better-supported findings in the goal literature — Gollwitzer and Sheeran's meta-analysis of 94 studies reported a medium-to-large effect (Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 38, 2006). The question about your first visible move is that finding, in one box. The block length is a convention rather than a research result, which is why you choose it.
Written for Thought Club as general guidance, not medical advice. Free to read, print, and share.