Tunnel vision

Imagine waking up in a cherry tree.  Hungry, your sweet tooth raging, you cannot decide which cherry to eat first.

Life's decisions are seldom so simple, or so sweet, but the decisions can be just as overwhelming.

In books and movies it is always so clear.  Do project A, then B, then C and the reasons are plain.  Anyone can figure them out.  In real life it is seldom so straight forward.  When it is there is no problem.

Otherwise I just assume that even if it all needs to be done, it doesn't really matter what goes first.

Some things can just be set aside because there isn't anything I can do about them anyway.  World peace, the national debt?  They are beyond my control, at least for today.  Worrying about them only wears me out and wastes time.

But I can clean the bathtub, or dust the coffee table.  I can  load the dishwasher, or pack up Aunt Mabel's china.  In the grand scheme of things these may not seem like very big accomplishments, but after a while they mount up and I discover the house is clean, the dishes are done, dinner is cooked and I am ready to go.

Forget the big picture for a change and exercise your tunnel vision.  Almost anything is easier in tiny bits.