Oct 23 • General discussion
Start Anywhere: The Simple Secret to Getting Moving
It’s laundry day. You’ve got a basket of clean clothes to put away. Where do you start—the top, the middle, the bottom? It doesn’t really matter. You just start.
That’s the secret to getting moving on anything new—a business, a fitness goal, or a creative idea. The key isn’t where you start. It’s that you start.
When projects feel messy or unclear, we hesitate. There’s no obvious “top of the pile,” just a dozen possible first steps. Seth Godin calls this the resistance—the voice that says, “Wait until it’s perfect.” But perfection kills momentum. The hardest part isn’t doing the work; it’s starting it.
Recently, I faced my own mental laundry pile—a jumble of ideas and tasks.
None felt like the right place to begin. Then I simply lined them up and picked one. Any one. I did it, moved to the next, and suddenly—I had momentum.
Not every project requires sequence. If starting with what feels energizing gets you moving, do that. The order doesn’t matter as much as the energy does.
Author Jon Acuff said it best: “You don’t need to be perfect to begin; you just need to begin.”
Try This: The “Start Anywhere” Challenge
- Pick a project you’ve been avoiding.
- List every task—big or small.
- Close your eyes, point to one, and start there.
Your first step doesn’t have to be the right one—it just has to be real. Because once you start, everything else gets easier.
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Start Anywhere: The Simple Secret to Getting Moving
