| Sometimes in life we find ourselves feeling almost | | | | most people this will be either when you get sick |
| constantly overwhelmed. We're stuck. We're | | | | of being stuck, or when something happens to |
| avoiding making decisions and doing things that we | | | | force a change. |
| need to do. We're a bit paralyzed with our fear. | | | | If you wish, you can even begin right now, this |
| Getting started again can be challenging, but | | | | minute. Look over your list and find something |
| fortunately, once you get started, the benefits | | | | you can do or start on now. For instance, many |
| make it easier to keep going and most people | | | | people feel overwhelmed by applications, legal |
| quickly gain momentum. Any tiny improvement | | | | papers, taxes, financial records or bills. Find some |
| will make it easier for you to continue. | | | | small way you can make progress. Perhaps a |
| Write down the things you feel you need to do | | | | start would be to gather the papers you will need |
| to get your life in a better place, particularly the | | | | in one place where you can work on them. Or |
| things that bother you and that you are avoiding. | | | | perhaps you can fill in your name and address at |
| Writing them down is like emptying your pockets: | | | | the top of an application. |
| you don't have to hold them in your head | | | | Often once you do the smallest, safest amount, |
| anymore. If any items on your list are huge, | | | | your anxiety diminishes and it is easier to continue. |
| break them down into steps, and that will make it | | | | If you do only one very small thing, you have |
| easier to deal with them when you are ready to | | | | begun. If you do one small thing every day, you |
| begin. | | | | are no longer stuck. |
| You will know when the time is right to begin. For | | | | |