Eat the Frog: The Worst First — and the Day Is Yours

"Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you all day." The frog is the task you'd happily put off forever — and that's exactly the one you tackle first.

Why in the morning?

1. Your willpower is at its peak in the morning — by midday, your inner couch potato takes over.
2. The shadow disappears: A postponed frog poisons your whole day; an eaten one makes it feel light.
3. Momentum: Once you've knocked out the hardest thing, you breeze through the rest.

Finding your frog

Ask yourself in the evening (daily planning): "Which task would I most love NOT to see tomorrow?" — that's the one. Usually important, rarely urgent, a classic Quadrant 2 candidate.

The rules

• Only ONE frog per day (otherwise you'll freeze up).
• The frog first, then email.
• Frog too big? Break it into smaller frogs — the first bite is what counts.

By the way: In ToDoClub you just drop tasks into the chat as a sentence — the AI figures out the due date, priority, and life area on its own. Try it for free at todoclub.org.