Problem Immersion
Sometimes, when there is a lot to do, it’s easy to get overwhelmed.
Spring is here, and there are about a hundred unfinished projects and things that need maintenance on our little homestead. A chicken tractor needs to be built. The greenhouse plastic needs to be patched. Rabbit hutches need to be moved. Yards need to be mowed. Trees need to be fertilized.
It’s not much different in business. There’s always a monumental list of things to be done. Papers to be filed, meetings to be organized, tasks to be delegated, content to be created, policies and procedures to be filed, calls to be returned.
Where to start? There’s so much to do it’s just overwhelming.
Sometimes, when there is a lot to do, just starting can solve the feeling of overwhelm.
I’ve found that the best way to decide what to work on first is to immerse myself in the problem. Just pick up a tool and start working on something. Anything. It doesn’t have to be the most important or the most productive. It just has to be a part of the problem.
Immersion in the problem makes it easy to see and easier to work on the solutions to the problem.
