Start with the first next step.
worrying about the next hundred possibilities and permutations will stop you doing anything.
I know what it is like. I have similar way of thinking.
As an example… I have social media posts to write.
And I sit there for hours not doing it. I doomscroll. I pair all my socks. Clean under the sink. Stare at the wall.
Anything but doing what I need and want to do.
It was frustrating AF.
Until I worked out why.
I was thinking about thousand potential options and outcomes of writing a single post.
It included; What if someone liked it. What if they didn’t. What if it resulted in people wanting to work with me.
When would I work with them? What type of person would it be? How would the sales conversation go? How will they pay me? Have I got the payment link sorted? What if it didn’t. After I write the post I have to design an infographic. What would that look like? When would I do it? When should I post it? When would get most traction?
And that was overwhelming.
So overwhelming I sat there.
Doing nothing.
I do want to write social posts. Because I have a business and no-one is going to work with me if they don’t know it is possible. And social media is my major place for finding me.
I realised… If I focused on the first next step. Only the first next step, that was achievable. I turned my laptop on.
And then the next step. Open a word document… And I focused my attention on the first next step. One at a time.
And then social posts were written.
You know your neurodivergence means it is harder to do some things sometimes. Understanding the reasons you are struggling to ‘do’ is your first step. Next is experimenting with strategies to help you navigate in.
And sometimes you need support from an expert to help you unpick these and design experiments with you…
