[.rousium]

There are so many things I want to do.

I have lists and lists. Books to read, crafts to do. Anime to watch. Movies to watch. Drawing I want to get better at. I want to learn to knit and crochet and I want to learn to do cake decorating. I want to work in a flower shop. I want to learn massage therapy and I want to be a yoga instructor.

It's all too much and instead..? I do nothing because i'm overwhelmed and can't decide.

Does this happen to anyone else? What do you do to get out of the rut?

[Zack]

It happens to me all the time.
Unfortunately, I've not figured out a way to get out of it yet. :c

[Sushi]

Lol, yeah, I have a crap load on my plate I need to handle.
I'm thinking just start small. What is something you can accomplish the earliest, what things take longer to do?

Start with something like... reading a book. Don't worry with how many books you have to read. Just worry about that particular book. Finish it. Then move on to the next task.

I would say just break things up into smaller goals and you're more likely to really keep going.

[Serra Britt]

I'd agree with Sushi here, this is how I face my pile of games that I haven't played yet xD Granted games aren't quite as important but...personally I try to keep focused on one game until it's done, then move to the next one.

[Glass Heart]

had that happen before and I'm kind of in one a the moment...
depends on the situation to get me out of a rut... hmm but yesterday I was out of it for a while took a walk and had some fun since someone asked me to draw something for them...
rut though at the moment is from wanting to do things but I have homework I'd rather not work on... so is back and forth slowly working on it...
hmm maybe you should do something like a drawing or make something for someone, that or just pick one thing and make a list of what you want to do and try to follow it in order
shrugs, may help

[Lillita]

I'm kind of there myself. I'm in the middle of moving, and also helping my family move to another state. And I've got a mess of things that I absolutely have to get done in the next two months, and I know that I won't be able to do them. I guess when it all gets too overwhelming, you just need to step back.

I like the idea of one step at a time. See the big picture, but then focus on one thing. Go for what seems like it'll be the easiest to finish, and then move on to the next.

[Desmond]

Oh this happens to me a lot. I didn't really figure a way out until I was helping my friend get over his massive amount of work that he had to do for his Incomplete.

To him the work was a HUGE monster that he thought he couldn't handle, he thought it was just gonna eat him right up! But I told him to look at the monster a little closer, the huge monster was really a bunch of little monsters that connected to make up the huge one to scare would be hero's away. So, I told him that, if he could just concentrate on the little monsters he could through his work.

I've been using that since and it's been helping. :)

[Angel Spirit Girl]

I have lots I want to do, too.

I usually just peck at one item on my list a bit - like get an item on an avi site - and leave the books unread and the rest undone. v.v

[Gozed]

You more or less just described the past 11 months of my life.