That familiar dread creeping in when you think about all the stuff you need to do…
When I’m overwhelmed, I use these little psychological hacks to jump-start my zombified brain into wanting to DO things:
Tell yourself you’re only going to do it badly. Give yourself permission to suck. Literally proceed with, “I’m just going to write a terrible first paragraph.” Usually, you end up doing better than expected, but the pressure is outta there.
Set a timer for 2 minutes and commit to stopping when it goes off. Your brain knows it’s not forever. Ah, sweet relief. Often, you’ll keep going because momentum kicks in, but you don’t have to.
Pretend you’re teaching it to someone else. Suddenly, that complex project becomes a simple explanation. “Okay, so first I’d tell them to…” and you’re already breaking it down, so you find it easy too.
Ask yourself: ‘What’s the smallest possible step?’ Not the first logical step. The tiniest micro-step that barely counts. Oh, look, now we made life super duper easy. Open the document. Find the phone number. One email done. Done? Move on to the next tiny step.
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