Common Daily Obstacles to Getting Things Done

In order to get the most out of everyday life, and to have the best and most thriving experience of life possible, it’s obviously pretty important to actually be able to consistently generate the momentum required to get things done.

For many us, however, all sorts of daily tasks, chores, and plans can become strangely difficult to actually move forward with — whether that’s with regards to something like buying Cheap Little Cigars as a gift for someone, or whether it’s with regards to getting to house tidied up, or making plans to meet up with friends.

If you find that you regularly make it from morning to evening without feeling like you’ve really managed to get things done in the way you’d like, and to the degree you’d like, it’s important to be aware of why that might be the case.

Here are a few common daily obstacles to getting things done.

Being too accustomed to overthinking everything instead of taking action

Overthinking — and for that matter, being overly stuck in your own head in and of itself — can be extremely insidious, because before actually getting to the point where you take action, you’re likely to genuinely believe that you need to sit around and ponder over everything in painstaking detail.

Obviously, it’s important not to act recklessly and thoughtlessly in life — but once you know that you should be doing something, sitting around and getting too caught up in your own thoughts can be one of the leading causes of failing to take action.

Perhaps you’ve been planning to go to the gym, for example, but then you find yourself thinking up every excuse under the sun. “The workout will be really exhausting and uncomfortable for sure… my favourite gym outfit is still in the wash… I could use this time tonight to work on a project of mine instead…”

In cases like this, just getting up and going is often a very valuable thing.

A lack of clarity on what you should actually be doing

If you don’t really have a clear idea of what you should actually be doing at any given time, or with regard to a particular activity or project, then it’s likely that you’ll hesitate a lot and not gain much ground.

Any time you’re working on some project, clearly identifying the next action step to take at every point along the way is an invaluable process.

If you know what to do, it’s easier to get yourself to do it.

A lack of structured and consistent daily routines

If you eat your meals at irregular times every day, wake up and go to sleep at wildly different times every day, and don’t have consistent and structured daily routines in general, it can be very difficult to gain momentum — especially on days when motivation isn’t very high.

Regular daily routines can help you to remain consistent, and to get things done almost “on autopilot,” even when you’re not highly motivated.