I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person. Either I do things one hundred percent or I don’t do them at all. The reason isn’t solely because I want to excel. Although I do put things off until I can do them the ‘right’ way. It turns out this usually means I get overwhelmed with the final goal. An example is my singing lessons. Hmmm…. practice an hour a day. Warm up, cover technique and repertoire. Be ready next week to show off the results. Finding an hour of uninterrupted time to cover a dozen songs and perfect everything along the way is impossible. Not possible means I feel like failure is imminent so I do nothing.

The solution: Break it down. Baby steps. By small and simple things are great things brought to pass. I need little goals. To press forward I must set up manageable tasks to survive. Novel idea? No. But sometimes we need to remind ourselves of the obvious.