Purpose: This template is designed to make avoidance visible. Also capacity-building possible. If the project feels comfortable, expandable, or endlessly refinable, it might never be built.

Project:

“I will create [specific deliverable] for [specific number of people] to help with [specific problem]”

“I’ll interview 15 people who left corporate jobs and publish a synthesis report to help others to who are planning to leave to have a mental framework”

1. The Real Problem (Not the Topic)

I am not trying to learn about:

(e.g. entrepreneurship, AI, writing, productivity)

I am trying to solve / understand this specific problem:

(Phrase it as a tension, frustration, or repeated failure you or others actually experience.)

Who experiences this problem with me?

(Name real people. Even 3–5 is enough.)

2. The Container (Where This Exists)

This project exists for:

(e.g. 5 friends, 10 peers, a local group, a small online audience)

They are expecting:

(What are they waiting for from you?)

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If no one is expecting anything, this is not a project yet.

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