How Do You Eat An Elephant?
Hmmm.... That Headline may get me some bad press! Before you fly off the handle ...
I love Elephants and would never venture to hurt one in any way...nor encourage such. And no.. I will never ride one either... because I always feel saddened by the type of saddles used to sit on their back, they look cruel and painful and behind the scenes the Elephant has usually been treated badly and beaten with weapons to make it submit. Elephants are a beautiful and magnificient animal. So before condemning me, click on the photo below and see where it takes you, because if I got you to do that, I have opened the article to readers. Thank You...
Now for my actual real reason of the insidious analogy of the headline. It is to make a point about how we get started on something we think, or see, or feel, is a BIG JOB (hence the size factor of an elephant reference), whether it is Painting the house, Moving House, Moving Country, Moving State, Starting a New Business, Creating another income stream. Its BIG
The answer to this rather questionable question is... One bite at a time. This means instead of looking at the Job as one job. Take some notes and then section the job. If you are moving house and are unsure where to get started, a healthy thing to do rather than stressing yourself is to start with one room. If the room seems impossible start with one book shelf or one corner. Break it into pieces that are bite sized and far less stressful. If you are painting the house, you need to prepare. Start by cleaning one wall. Start with the smallest Wall. If you are painting inside..... Start in the toilet, or another small space. Once you see how this looks and you are inspired by your work, you will find other ways to make the job more bite sized.
If you are thinking of starting a new business or creating an income to supplement or to build, over time, so you can retire early, or in a better more comfortable financial way, you need to first start out and make a list. What is that you want? What criteria? Do you want to employ others? Do you want a shop front? the list could be quite long. Then move on from there. Concentrate on what you want... Make a point of this. If you keep looking at the job as a whole you will no doubt go into overwhelm.
Overwhelm is nothing more than looking at the job as a whole rather than breaking it down. Once you break it down, you will feel much better and it saves time and will no doubt help you make it faster, and more efficient and far more comfortable.
Enjoy Your Week!