I have a special sympathy for sufferers of a particular human problem, and I get more emails about it than just about any other topic.
The first idea to get used to is that all of the “Stuff” you need to do really only consists of things.
You begin to realize that the task, like all tasks you will ever need to do, is finite and consists only of small, ordinary actions like Googling things, talking to people, reading, writing, sketching, printing, and cleaning up.
Now, keep in mind that this is just one of probably a few dozen things on your list at any given time, each of which can be in a different part of its life cycle.
Work itself is made of concrete, small things like phone calls, forms, conversations, reading sessions and writing sessions.
Ignore your “Stuff”; focus only on things When you don’t know what to do, get one of your things past the starting point.
The reality is the opposite: things are already going wrong, and there’s only one way to make them go right.
Source: How to Get Yourself to Do Things
Originally published at Cogly.
