The Task Breaker: How to Eat an Elephant
Why big projects paralyze you, and how to fix it.
🐘 The Elephant in the Room
There is an old joke: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." For the ADHD brain, the elephant isn't just big. It's screaming, on fire, and standing on your chest.
When you see a task like "Clean the House," your brain doesn't see a task. It sees a Threat. It sees 1,000 undefined steps, potential failure, and overwhelming effort. So it shuts down. This is Task Paralysis.
🔪 The Science of Micro-Steps
Your brain's executive function is like a battery. "Clean the House" requires 100% battery to start. "Pick up the sock" requires 1% battery.
By breaking a task down into absurdly small steps, you bypass the brain's threat detection system. Dopamine is released not just when you finish the whole project, but when you finish each step.
The Rule of Stupid Small: If a step still feels hard, it's too big. Break it down until it feels stupidly easy.
- ❌ "Write the report"
- ❌ "Open laptop"
- ✅ "Touch the laptop lid"
🛠️ The Task Breaker Tool
Our Task Breaker Tool uses AI to do this heavy lifting for you. You just type the scary thing: "Do my taxes." The AI instantly explodes it into a checklist of tiny, non-scary steps:
- Find the shoebox of receipts.
- Put receipts on the table.
- Open the tax software.
- ...
You don't have to think. You just have to do step #1.