[themarkn]

A question that sometimes unlocks a task for me, when I can remember is:

what’s the smallest possible thing I can do to move this in the right direction?

And somehow, thinking about the thing in those terms helps me go “OK well I’ve been putting off this bug that was reported because it touches a system I don’t understand well, BUT let’s start by just reproducing the bug.”

And at any point, really, you can either stop, or find the smallest possible thing that moves the task in the right direction.

[theonething]

Problem with me sometimes is (in the context of your example) reproducing the bug is such a hassle and so boring that I don't want to do that even.