Put yourself in jail. If you're working on something that's going to take a long time, and you have the urge to try to rush, or to feel impatient, pretend you're in jail. If you're in jail, you have all the time in the world

Ask for help. This is one of my most useful Secrets of Adulthood. Why is this so hard? I have no idea. But whenever I ask for help, I'm amazed at how much it...helps

Remember: most decisions don't require extensive research. This is another important Secret of Adulthood

one choice just isn't that much different from another choice

Take a baby step. If you feel yourself dismayed at the prospect of the chain of awful tasks that you have to accomplish, just take one step today

forward motion is encouraging

Do it first thing in the morning. The night before, vow to yourself to do the dreaded task. And the next day, at the first possible moment

just do it

Protect yourself from interruption

Carve out some time to work