Looking For My Glasses

Solution 1:

Consider buried shovel:

A tool that is required to perform a certain task, but that is only available after you complete that task.

(Word Spy)

This is a bit different from the way you phrased the question: the tool does not merely facilitate things, but is actually required for the job.

Example:

I can't see very well. I need glasses to find my glasses. It's a buried shovel situation.

Solution 2:

catch-22

1. : a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule ; also : the circumstance or rule that denies a solution

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