Tar Tasks: The stickiest thing that's holding you back

Tar Tasks are simple-sounding to-do items that stay unfinished because of fear of failure, and the author offers ways to get them done. The piece says a Tar Task is often a task that seems simple but is not, and that avoiding it spares you from proving to yourself that you can't do it. It separates these from Hassle Hurdles, which are tasks you dislike rather than ones that cause vague dread, and suggests that if you roll your eyes when asked about one, it is probably a Hassle Hurdle. To break a Tar Task down, it recommends prefixing it with "Write out the 10 steps required to," or handing it to someone else.