I have learned that I don't often have it in me to do a whole series of things to accomplish some goal. "Taking a shower", for example. But I do have it in me to look around when I'm moving from one part of the house to another for some singular purpose, and adding one other thing to that trip to prepare myself for some future multi-step task.

So if I've gone upstairs for coffee or food or something, I might pick out some clothes and put them in the bathroom. There, that's something I don't have to do when I finally decide to take a shower - that's something that's not standing in my way anymore. Now, later on, when it crosses my mind that I should take a shower, that task is simpler, which means I might actually do it.

On a good day, I can even double that up, and take garbage out of my office on the way upstairs, get my coffee, pick and set my clothes. All while singing out loud: "It's a little bit better than it was before."

[–] xylol@leminal.space 5 points 10 hours ago

The trick for me was to move my alarm clock a bit earlier in the morning, so instead of going off at 4 and then having every minute matter to get out the door by 5, I moved it to 3:40, so now I can let the dogs out, shower and be ready to go with a few minutes in between tasks to meander a little