Start small. Try to do one thing on your list a day. Set a timer for 30/10/5 minutes whatever you can handle and work towards it. Five minutes a day, one small task a day, is better than setting life changing goals but never working on them. So many people get caught up on all or nothing. Five minutes of cleaning your room is better than setting a goal of cleaning the whole thing but being too overwhelmed to start. A five minute walk is better than saying you’ll go to the gym four days a week and going never. Over time you can go from five to ten to an hour. It gets easier. If five minutes is too much, set the timer and see how far you get. Be kind to yourself if you don’t make it. Anything is better than zero, that’s still an accomplishment.

I’m recovering from cancer and it has destroyed me mentally and physically. Using a timer for five, ten minutes has been the only way I’ve been able to start getting back in track. Even if I can’t make it five minutes, I tried. But more often lately I can get to five minute, and then keep going. Start small.