Break your work into small and manageable steps. ... Start with a tiny step. Something to add to this: start with the problematic step, not with the tiniest. N

Break your work into small and manageable steps. ... Start with a tiny step. Something to add to this: start with the problematic step, not with the tiniest. Not all steps induce anxiety. It's buried in there, but is very local. Divide into manageable steps, identify the most anxious one and just kill it. The rest is usually free. For example, if you're procrastinating and can't sort these 5831 saved pictures in "New folder (35)", first identify that the most anxious part is the sliding categorization paralysis. Simply start scrolling through the pics and making a directory plan in notepad aside, adjusting it on the fly. After you finish, it's only a mundane task of moving that is left, which you can just sit and do without any thought.