A Small App Against Procrastination: Unstuck

“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” — Leonardo da Vinci

I found a paper on Reddit about a question-based method to overcome procrastination. I tried the six prompts and found them effective.

Here are the questions: 1
  1. What task are you currently procrastinating on?
  2. Provide a brief description of the task. Why are you avoiding it?
  3. What are the benefits of completing this task?
  4. Tasks can be broken down into subtasks. Name one easy subtask you can complete.
  5. How long will it take you to complete this subtask (in minutes)?
  6. Name a small reward for completing the subtask.

Then, I decided to build a web app that walks you through them interactively.
That’s how Unstuck was born.

How I Built It — “Vibe-Coding” Style

  1. Explained the problem and product vision to ChatGPT in detail.
  2. Asked for a Lovable prompt to generate the project skeleton.
  3. Pasted the prompt into Lovable and iterated on the design.
  4. Connected GitHub and cloned the repository.
  5. Used VS Code Copilot Agent to refine code, add features, and fix bugs.
  6. Deployed the app on GitHub Pages.

It was a fun experience overall.

Unstuck app interface Unstuck app interface

Try It Yourself

If you often find yourself stuck before starting, give Unstuck a try.

Maybe it’s time to tackle that laundry — Unstuck might help.

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I’d love your feedback. Try it and tell me what you think via email or LinkedIn.

Footnotes

  1. Source: BMC Psychology Paper ↩

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