General • Target: 20 mins

Find the external version

If a creative task keeps stalling, check whether it needs a picture you can't make.

Steps to follow:

Choose a task that feels blocked.
Write what it needs you to do in your head before you can start.
If the answer is "picture it", find the outside version: a reference photo, a tool, a person, software or an AI prompt.
Get that outside version in front of you.
Spend ten minutes working on it directly.
Write down what changed about how the task felt.