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  "textContent": "A.J. Jacobs has a revision of the old thousand-mile proverb. The journey doesn't start with a step — it starts, he writes, with \"putting on your left sock.\"\n\n> When it comes to outwitting procrastination, I try to make that first action as easy as possible.\n\n— Read the rest \n\nThe post A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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