BREAK DOWN BIGGER PROJECTS INTO SMALLER TASKS
I was asked the other day about what to do when you start to feel overwhelmed in regard to school. I for sure feel overwhelmed from time to time as well, and whenever that happen I try to break down bigger projects into smaller tasks.
Break down big things into smaller, more concrete things
It's really a simple thing to do, yet something we can often tend to forget about. You start with your big goal or project, fx I'm soon going to write my Master thesis, which for sure can seem a bit overwhelming since we're going to write 120 pages in total, and that can seem very overwhelming when you haven't begun yet.Then you start to break down this big project into all the small components that the project consists of, fx:- find a case- read relevant literature- take notes- make surveys and interviews- make a structure- find relevant literature, answers etc. for each section- write each section- make referencesetc.Suddenly, instead of just thinking "I need to write this big project and I really don't know where to start", it gets much more manageable, and you can start to take 1 thing at a time, which seems less overwhelming.Just remember to break things down int0 very small and manageable tasks and not too abstract things. Fx if you are in school and you are making a to-do list, don't just write "read homeworks" on your daily to-do list - write "read chapter 5 in book X". This makes your task way more simple and easy, and ready to work on. This tip doesn't only work for school projects or homeworks, it can also work for fx working out, planning a birthday, writing a book etc. Just sit down and figure out all the smaller steps you need to take in order to get to your bigger goal. Write them all down, and then take one step at a time. Once you have finished one step, then go on to the next and so forth. Eventually you will have finished the entire project/reached your goal!