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That call you've been avoiding? It's a 5-minute call.

You have the number. You know what to say. You've rehearsed it in the shower twice. But every time you pick up the phone, you put it back down and do something else. It's not the conversation you dread. It's picking up the phone. A backward plan gets you to the point of dialing before you realize that's what you're doing.

Three weeks of avoiding five minutes

You need to call the dentist. Or the insurance company. Or your landlord. It will take five minutes. You've known this for days. But every time you think about it, your brain serves up a reason to do it later: after lunch, tomorrow morning, when you're "in the right headspace." The right headspace never arrives. The call stays on your list, growing heavier every day it sits there.

Shrink the start

Ready Time doesn't plan the call itself. That part's short. It plans the approach. Look up the number. Write down what you need to say. Set your phone to Do Not Disturb so nothing interrupts. Take a breath. Dial. Each step gets a notification. By the time you're holding the phone, the hardest part, deciding to start, already happened three steps ago.

Make the Call
10:15 AM
3 min Look up number & account info 10:00 AM
3 min Write down what to say 10:03 AM
2 min Close distractions & breathe 10:06 AM
1 min Dial the number 10:08 AM
6 min Have the conversation 10:09 AM
Make the Call 10:15 AM
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Ready Time

You know what you need to do. Ready Time tells you when.

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