“There is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.”

Breaking a seemingly insurmountable task down to little steps removes the overwhelming sense of what’s laid out before you.

You see the goal, and you trace it back the best way you can. In concrete, actionable steps. One foot after the other. Goodbye, Armor of Overwhelm!

Additional bonus: These small steps will inspire you to keep going. You see the dots leading to a certain path and you know that if you continue to do these little increments, you will be able to reach the grand goal you were too overwhelmed to consider pursuing.

Bonus #2: In the event that you are again engulfed by paralysis (because let’s face it, certain physiological triggers are hard to shake off), the steps you wrote down will act as a guide, a productivity compass. The risk of getting stuck is reduced to a minimum.

The first step is knowing that it’s made up of a lot of little steps.