Without any great justification (except for the usual base-level of stress), I've been feeling really down lately. Things just haven't been going super well, and I'm letting things slide that I definitely shouldn't. I have this voice in the back of my head telling me that I need to get my ass in gear, and I'm listening to that voice, but I just can't fight back the feeling of dread I get when I think about doing anything on my to-do list.
I understand that feeling that you are describing. Sometimes, for me it feels like so much has mounted, and I have so much to do that it is overwhelming. But then I remember that old saying, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I was at a seminar recently and they had someone there to speak to us about time management etc. Much of what she talked about was common sense, but that doesn't mean it's all that easily adopted, old habits die hard. One thing that many of us do, myself included is to create a list and then knock off the easiest things off the list first. What ends up happening is that we carry over to our next list the most difficult things and then the hardest things all start to mount. I'm going to attempt to start to knock off the hardest things from my list, and leave the easier things for later. Perhaps you could try this too? Good luck!
The secret to success is granularity. Tonight, before you go to bed, write down a handful of things you will accomplish tomorrow. Don't go crazy; fill a post-it note with normal-sized text. Tomorrow, after you've woken up, accomplish something on that list. It will give you the strength to go after the rest of your goals. Tomorrow, when it's time for bed, look at what you've accomplished and what you have left to accomplish. Odds are you will have made a dent, no matter how tiny, on your "to do list." I built a car from the frame rails up. As you might imagine, the to-do list had obnoxiously impossible tasks on it like "design and install brake system." However, "design and install brake system" is a half dozen subtasks (purchase tubing, select master cylinder, rebuild front brakes, rebuild rear brakes, bend tubing, etc) and when you take on those subtasks with a realistic point of view, you will get through it.