When a Big Project Overwhelms You: How to Motivate Yourself and Get It Done

Sometimes, when a Life Coach is getting ready for a big project, it can be easy to become overwhelmed.

Whether it’s a live event, a big product launch, or writing a book, one of the biggest dangers of creating something big is that you can become so daunted by the sheer size of it that you find yourself unable to start.

Suddenly, small tasks take on a new significance. The laundry that seemed unimportant yesterday just cannot wait another hour, and oh, look at that, your cat needs to be brushed.

Anything, ANYTHING, to keep you from having to face this boulder of a task that’s sitting in your path.

So where do you decide where to begin? How do you motivate yourself to get started, and keep that momentum going through the duration of the task?

1. Break the project down on paper.

OK, so it’s another thing on your to-do list. Just think of it as a means of procrastination if that helps, and get it written down.

Make a list of all the steps that you need to take for this project to be complete. For example, for a webinar, you could have steps such as “write webinar script,” “write promo emails,” “create slides,” etc.

For a book, it could be “outline book,” “write introduction,” “research chapter 1,” “outline chapter 1,” “flesh out chapter 1.” Notice how I didn’t say “WRITE chapter 1” – if you’re already feeling overwhelmed, that chapter could turn into a daunting task by itself.

So instead, break it down into its smallest components, and make a list.

2. Sort that list by priority and by who needs to do it.

Which aspects of the project HAVE to be in place for things to move forward?

Of those aspects, which ones HAVE to be done by you, and which can be done by someone else?

For example, if you’re making an evergreen webinar, the slides and audio both have to get made. The audio, of course, must be made by you, as it should be in your voice. But could you send the script or instructions for the slides to a family member or virtual assistant, and get them to do that part for you?

Sort the list by order of importance, whether or not you can delegate it, and the order in which things need to be put into place.

3. Schedule time for each item separately.

This is when you use your calendar as a sacred tool for protecting your energy and happiness while still getting everything done.

Delegate the tasks that you can delegate, and mark in your calendar when they’re due. Make a note to check on the person doing those tasks a couple days in advance, to make sure that everything’s on schedule.

Then take the tasks that you alone can do, and put them in your calendar in order of importance. The vital ones that are due soon come first, then the important ones that are due a bit later. The ‘gravy’, or the stuff that would make the project the best it can be while not being absolutely essential, can come last.

4. Get help.

When you’re facing a large, important project, scheduling is necessary, but it’s not the only factor.

You also need to know how to choose or attract the right team to whom you can delegate tasks, how to get your own tasks done in an easy and efficient manner, and how to know for sure that you’re doing things in the right order and that you have everything in place.

Are you tired of doing it all on your own?

You really shouldn’t have to.

My coaching business earns 7 figures, and I’m grateful every day for the team that I’ve built. Decades of experience have taught me how to create my books and programs, how to set up partnerships, in a way that brings me prosperity and joy instead of overwhelm and stress.

And now I want to help you to do the same.

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By Mary