A Gentle Start

Starting can feel like agreeing to everything.

A Gentle Start is a single-page tool for beginning a task without committing to finishing it. It helps you name what you’re avoiding, define a smallest possible start that still counts, and set an event-based stopping point—so effort doesn’t turn into a trap.

This is not motivation.
It is not a productivity system.
It is permission to start gently.

Use it to:

• name what you’re avoiding without judgment
• choose an “absurdly small” beginning that still counts
• explicitly state what you are not promising to do today
• decide when you’re allowed to stop
• continue only if it becomes a choice

Small beginnings are still beginnings.