Yes, I get this. It can be daunting. But what is really daunting, is the pain and regret of not getting started, or at least throwing yourself into it and seeing what happens. You’ll probably surprise yourself.
Point 4 on overwhelm is built upon point 3. I hope you can see the progression here, where starting at point 1 makes point 4 feel a lot less overwhelming.
In my experience, what has been discovered is that it's not the actual “doing” that's overwhelming. The overwhelm comes from the imagination stacking up 1,000 to-do items, 93% of which don't sound like fun at all. There’s a quote I love that goes with this:
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
- Confucius
The mountain, the desired outcome, is a journey of tiny steps that can only be taken one by one. It’s not the first 100 or 1,000 steps that are important, it’s the first three steps; the steps you can take today, or right now.
What I can tell you is, if your vision is NOT clear, NOT exciting, NOT passionate, and NOT genuinely worthwhile, then those 93% of tasks will seem daunting. If you’re super excited about traveling to a beautiful location for retreat or vacation, yet, you gotta get some shit done first, it’s amazing how easy that stuff can be with the right incentive (clarity of vision). Again, pointing back to the importance of step 1 in this section on Time and Focus.
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