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Task initiation can often feel overwhelming, especially when faced with large projects or numerous responsibilities. Chunking ...

Don't swallow it whole! When someone gives you a phone number to remember, use 'chunking' as a way of remembering it. Short-term memory is limited so chunking helps us process long bits of information ...