Replace the morning drift with a visible start ritual
Recognize the environmental changes that make a first Pomodoro easier to begin.
Jon’s desk before and after a real start ritual. Before: reward first, work unclear, distractions visible. After: cue, timer, first action, and controlled reward are aligned. The coffee changed from a delay reward to a start cue: when it lands, the first action begins. The timer makes the task psychologically smaller: one Pomodoro replaces the vague demand to finish. The work file is the most visible object, so attention has a default path before the phone competes. The bundle stays conditional: coffee plus focus, not coffee instead of focus. A visible start ritual makes the desired behavior the path of…
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