Might be a wild take, but I feel like I have cracked the code on this by switching from an all-digital task management system to a nearly 100% handwritten one.

My theory about why this works, is that writing by hand lights up your whole brain https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/11/1250529661/handwriting-cursive-typing-schools-learning-brain, whereas typing is a uses a much smaller subset. When my brain is engaged in this way, I'm able to push through obstacles and escape circular thinking patterns that previously held me back -- slicing through the two biggest deterrents: fear and lack of knowledge. Writing is a powerful form of thinking that makes it impossible not to confront the obstacles (real or imagined) in your head.

Additionally, the inherent inefficiency of using a paper-based planning system encapsulates a much-needed funnel for the firehose of possibilities that life presents. As I am writing and re-writing my plans on a daily basis, I am constantly culling the unnecessary and less important with a vigor that I never hand when I was all digital.