Planning is important, but action is better. If you take consistent, small actions the repercussions are smaller if one backfires. You are able to recover more quickly and move ahead with a more informed action the next time. If you write a short blog article and no one responds, isn’t that better than writing a 200 page book and no one responding? If you create a five minute Youtube video to express your creativity, will that give you a sense of accomplishment that the feature length film in the back of your head hasn’t (yet)? And what if you then do a 10 minute video? And then a 15 minute video? Pretty soon you are in a groove and the feature length film is growing legs and taking on a form of its own. And that form will most likely be different than the seed in your head. But that’s okay because it’s been transformed by your experiences. It is now real. So get a general idea of what you want to do and then get started. See what’s working and what isn’t. Revise your plan and take the next step.
What have you been putting off because it seems so big it’s overwhelming? How could you break it down? Take that piece and break it down even more. How one thing could you do to make this smaller piece tangible?
Go make small things!