Client Worksheet

From Avoidance to Action

Breaking the thing you’ve been avoiding into steps small enough to actually take.

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Every avoidance pattern makes sense once you see what it’s actually buying you, and what it’s quietly costing you.

What situation or task have you been putting off or avoiding?

What instant relief do you get by avoiding it?

What is avoidance costing your relationships, career, self-respect, or vitality over time?

Break the goal into five steps, from easiest to the real target. Each rung only needs to be a little harder than the one before it.

Target action (the top of the ladder)

The value this is in service of

You don’t have to empty this backpack before you start walking. You can carry it with you, and still move toward what matters.

Drag a feeling onto the backpack, or use its “Pack it” button.

Even carrying this, which direction do you want to walk?

A specific, small commitment for the next 24–48 hours. Vague plans are easy to skip. Specific ones aren’t.

When will you do it?

Where will you be?

How will you do it, specifically?

What I've been avoiding:

Short-term gain:

Long-term cost:

Target action:

In service of:

What I'm carrying:

The direction I want to walk:

When:

Where:

How: