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Ask Flex / Morning dread

Ask Flex

Why do you dread going to work in the morning?

"Why do I dread going to work in the morning? Nothing has even happened yet."You asked Google. Flex answered.
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Flex's short answer

Usually it's not the whole job, it's one or two things waiting for you that you haven't figured out yet. Name them the night before and decide your first move, so you walk in knowing where you'll start.

✱ Flex's tips

Name what's waiting.

1

Finish the sentence

"Tomorrow I'm dreading..." Write the real answer.

2

Pick your first move

One small thing to do when you sit down.

3

Leave it on your desk

A sticky note tonight beats a worry at 6 AM.

4

Let AI take the first draft

The email or report you're dreading. It drafts, you fix.

Try this in your own Claude or ChatGPT

Here's what's waiting for me at work tomorrow, with names and private details left out: [list it, and put a star next to the thing you're dreading most]. Break the starred one into small steps, and tell me the one step I could do in the first ten minutes. If it involves writing something, ask me what it needs to say, then draft it.

Before you paste work stuff into any AI, check what your company allows.

If the same pile is waiting every morning, that's ongoing work. The free Lab shows you how to hand that work to Claude.

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The First Ten Minutes

Tap what's waiting for you at work. Flex hands you three small steps for your first ten minutes.

Pick my first move
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✱ What people ask
Why do I hate going to work in the morning?

It can be the rush, or it can be what's waiting at your desk. They have different fixes, so find out which.

Is it normal to dread going to work?

Plenty of people do. It helps to find out what the dread is pointing at. Flex has a page on it.

How do I stop dreading going to work?

Decide tomorrow's first move before you leave today. Flex has a page on it.

✱ More from this pile: Morning dread
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From Nikki's blogFlex tells you how. Nikki tells you what it felt like. Read it on Clawd and Me. Read it →

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