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Focus · Day 4

Before deep work

Settle, choose the one task you will start, and picture the first step.

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  1. This is Focus, day four. A practice to use right before you start focused work.
  2. Sit at your desk, or wherever you are about to work. If you can, put your phone face down or out of reach.
  3. Close your eyes, or lower your gaze to the desk.
  4. Feel your feet on the floor and the chair under you.
  5. Take a slow breath in through your nose.
  6. And a long breath out.
  7. Once more, in.
  8. And out.
  9. Now let the breath be natural. Breathing normally is always fine.
  10. Rest your attention on the breath for a while. Nothing to plan yet.
  11. If your mind is already rushing ahead to the work, notice that, and come back to the next breath.
  12. Let your shoulders drop. Unclench your jaw. Soften the space between your eyebrows.
  13. Stay with the breath.
  14. Now bring to mind the work in front of you. Not the whole list, just notice what is there.
  15. From all of it, choose one task. The one you will start when this session ends.
  16. If you cannot decide, pick the one that matters most, or the one that unblocks the rest.
  17. Say the task to yourself in a few plain words.
  18. Now picture the very first step. Small and concrete. Opening the file. Writing the first line. Making the first call.
  19. See yourself doing that first step. Where you are sitting, what is on the screen or the page.
  20. Notice any resistance. Maybe the task feels big or unclear. That is fine. You only need the first step.
  21. Now let the picture go, and come back to the breath for a little while.
  22. Breathe in, and breathe out. The task will be there when you open your eyes.
  23. In a moment we will finish. Remind yourself of the one task, and the first step.
  24. Take one deeper breath in.
  25. And let it out.
  26. Open your eyes if they were closed.
  27. That is day four. Begin with that first step, and let the next one follow.