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when you’re staring down the barrel of a deadline or a large task ahead, you might be thinking, “how in the ____ am i ever going to get this done?! this is impossible!” but the best way of getting where you’re going is to not think about where you’re going, only about where you are. if you keep thinking about how you’re going to get to your destination, you’ll never reach it. having problems getting that report done for your boss? can’t find the words to put in your term paper? struggling to code that application for the client?

just start working.

forget about the finer details. don’t worry about getting things done right the first time. pro tip: things are never done right the first time! so why worry about it?  just get the ball rolling.

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