The focus block is on your calendar. You know what you need to work on. But first: coffee. Then email, just to clear the decks. Then a snack. Then the bathroom. Then you reorganize your desk. An hour later you haven't started. A backward plan turns the pre-work ritual into a timed sequence so the actual work begins on schedule.
If you struggle with task initiation, the warm-up activities (coffee, email, tidying) aren't procrastination in the usual sense. They're your brain circling the task, looking for an on-ramp. Without a time limit, the circling never ends.
Instead of fighting the warm-up, plan for it. Ready Time gives each pre-work step a duration: coffee and snack, 10 minutes. Clear urgent emails, 10 minutes. Open your project and review where you left off, 5 minutes. Start. The warm-up still happens, but it has an end time.