Key points

Reframe tasks as standalone to lessen their emotional weight and boost productivity.

Imagining low-stakes tasks can help reduce pressure.

Treat tasks as transactional to minimize emotional investment.

Recently I wrote a post on how to speed up your tasks . One of the points demonstrated how to reduce the emotional weight of the task. Doing this can help you experience less urge to avoid the task. It can help you get your task done more quickly, with less cognitive and emotional energy.

It was a popular point that resonated with readers, so this post will offer additional tools to reduce how emotionally weighty a task feels.

Cognitive Tricks to Make Any Task Feel Lighter

1. Imagine It as Standalone, Not Part of a Bigger Project

If you have a two-hour task that's part of

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