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Write a rough draft you're allowed to throw away

A low-stakes first version of a dreaded task.

A smiling woman sits cross-legged on a wooden mat scribbling loose loops on a big sheet, a wastebasket beside her.

Studies (1)

  1. Paper

    A quick practice will got far more people to write a real one
    TestedHelped

    After a practice will, 9 in 100 wrote a real will within five months, against 1 in 100 without it.

    Randomised trial of 230 adults at retirement-planning workshops in Israel · vs the same workshop and advice without the draft · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people