Too many ideas, too many things to do...
What to do when you have this fun idea that you want to bring to life in the form of a course... and it all just feels too overwhelming?
What if, instead of looking at the course or program you’re creating as this big project, you would break it down into smaller standalone projects? One at a time. More specific.
When you try to work on bringing multiple ideas to life, all at the same time, your focus is divided. Your attention moves from one to the other. Most times, it’s so subtle that we’re not aware of this. But we feel drained, overwhelmed, and the excitement that came with that initial idea is slowly fading away.
If you want to create something that works and you want to do that faster, consider taking things one step at a time. Or have someone do this for you. Especially if you find it more satisfying to go from one thing to the other and you don’t enjoy focusing on just one thing until it’s completed.
But if you want to give this a go, here are 2 steps that will help:
Collect ideas so you don’t feel like you’re missing out.
Have a place where you collect all the other ideas you get. We all get ideas that are not always useful for the task at hand, but they might be useful later. I like to call this place The Mountain of Gold. Even if you are focused on one idea until it’s been brought to life, you can still keep all the other ones safe until their time comes to be turned into reality as well.
I have started doing this with most of my inspired ideas. Whenever I feel like talking about something, I immediately record myself or write about the idea. This way, I don’t have to worry about forgetting an idea that I thought was cool.
Choose one for now.
Now that your mind is at ease and you know that you’re not missing out on all the cool ideas you have, it’s time to choose one standalone piece you want to focus on working first. If you can’t decide based on what would feel most exciting, you can use this simple strategy: prepare a few pieces of paper, write down the possible ideas you’re excited to work on, each idea on a piece of paper, fold, mix, and extract. That’s the one you focus on. If you’re not happy with the choice, continue until you are.
Example.
Let’s say I’m creating a course about how to identify eating styles and what to do to shift into eating intuitively. I would start with one of those eating styles. For instance, the careful eater.
I would explain that one first and make sure that people understand it. As well as show the path to take to become an intuitive eater, along with practical activities.
Once I know that this piece of the puzzle is complete and it works, I move on to the next one. This allows me to identify a possible structure to follow that makes creating the next pieces easier.
What are you choosing to focus on right now?