Detail only matters if it touches the calendar. Reserve a consistent block, set a visible cue, and define success in advance: number of lines, one stakeholder decision, or a prototype a colleague can click. By ending the session with a two-sentence log—what moved, what’s next—you preload tomorrow’s step and keep momentum alive.
Morrison’s predawn habit embodied this cadence. The clock, the chair, the page: each was a designed constraint that simplified choice. When the time arrives, you are not deciding whether to work—you are executing a plan you already wrote. That substitution—decision yesterday, action today—keeps doubt from regaining the microphone. [...]
