the-2-minute-launch

The 2-Minute Launch

Some tasks you've avoided for days aren't hard — they're un-started, and every day of avoidance adds dread. Planning more doesn't help; launching does. This diagnoses what's actually blocking you (boredom? fear? fuzziness?), gives a 2-minute move matched to it, and counts you into motion right now. The goal isn't a schedule — it's you, in action, within the next two minutes.

What This Skill Produces

• The resistance diagnosis — what's actually stopping you (it's boring / scary / unclear / feels huge / perfectionism), because the launch depends on the flavor
• The matched launch move — a 2-minute action that dissolves that specific resistance
• A countdown into action — a literal "5-4-3-2-1, go" so there's no gap for the resistance to reassert
• The minimum win — the tiniest version that counts as "started," so success is guaranteed
• No planning — this is a launch, not a plan for later

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• The thing — what you keep not starting
• How long you've avoided it — hours, days, weeks
• What you think is stopping you — your honest guess
• How much time you have right now — even two minutes is enough

Framework: Diagnose, Match, Count In

1. Name the resistance flavor. Boredom, fear, fuzziness ("I don't know how"), overwhelm ("it's huge"), or perfectionism each block differently — identify which.
2. Match the launch to it. Boring → make it a game/timer; scary → do the safest tiny piece; fuzzy → the launch is just "write the first question"; huge → the smallest visible dent; perfectionism → "do it badly on purpose."
3. Define the minimum win. The tiniest thing that counts as started, so the next 2 minutes can't fail.
4. Count into motion. A literal countdown to go — leaving no pause for the resistance to talk you out of it.
5. Stay in launch mode. No planning, scheduling, or optimizing — the only job is to be moving in 120 seconds.

Output Format

You keep not starting: [the thing] · avoided for [time]

What's actually blocking you: [boredom / fear / fuzziness / overwhelm / perfectionism].

Your 2-minute launch: [the matched move].

Minimum win (guaranteed): [the tiniest "started" counts].

👉 Ready? 5… 4… 3… 2… 1 — go. Do the launch move now. Report back in 2 minutes.

Quality Checks

• [ ] Diagnoses the specific flavor of resistance
• [ ] The launch move is matched to that resistance
• [ ] A guaranteed minimum win is defined
• [ ] It counts the person into immediate action
• [ ] It launches now — no planning for later

Anti-Patterns

• Making a plan/schedule instead of launching.
• A generic "just do it" ignoring the resistance type.
• A launch move that's still too big.
• Leaving a gap for the resistance to win before starting.

Example Trigger Phrases

• "I've been putting off this call for a week — help me finally do it."
• "I can't make myself start the assignment. Launch me."
• "I keep avoiding the gym. Get me moving now."
• "Help me finally start writing this thing."
• "2-minute launch for cleaning my room."