00:00The 10-minute rule can actually fix your life.
00:04I'd use it when I needed to study, when I needed to end, when I needed to do anything.
00:09Because if you have something that builds up, you have a lot of something you have to do
00:12and you think that you just need to figure out how to do it all.
00:14But really, you just have to start.
00:17You have to start working out.
00:19You have to start getting better.
00:20You have to start the assignment.
00:22You have to change your little habits and do the things a little bit better one time at a time.
00:26And all that takes is doing it for 10 minutes.
00:30Just 10 minutes.
00:31Just clean for 10 minutes.
00:33Just walk for 10 minutes.
00:34Work on whatever it is for 10 minutes.
00:37You know, stretch for 10 minutes.
00:38Talk to someone for 10 minutes.
00:40Sit down and handle whatever you've been avoiding for 10 minutes.
00:45Because the 10 minutes themselves won't solve everything.
00:49But the 10 minutes will break the pattern.
00:51Will break the spell.
00:53Because once you start, the thing that feels so giant in your head will feel smaller.
00:57It'll feel like you can chip away at it a little at a time.
01:00Your body will feel lighter and the work will feel less impossible.
01:06Just by starting, you can prove to yourself that you're not trapped.
01:10You can prove to yourself that you were just waiting for a perfect mood
01:13and that that perfect mood was never coming.
01:16A lot of change starts ugly.
01:18A lot of it starts with tiny, annoying actions.
01:23So don't try to do everything at once.
01:25Don't.
01:25But ask yourself, what can you do for 10 minutes?
01:29Because 10 minutes is small enough that you know you can get down and do it right now.
01:33And sometimes that's all you need.
01:36You just need to start for 10 minutes.
01:41And not stop.
01:42You just need to stop.
01:42And here's a pretty basic answer.
01:43This is what we need.
01:43You
