We have all heard that we need to just take one step at a time. Focus on the next task in hand, take each day as it comes etc etc. But I want to highlight how important this really is and how we need to do just that.

When you start something new, you can't do everything all at once and then expect the journey to be over, we do one thing at a time. If you want to start going to the gym you can't do all of your week's workout in one session.

Every day, every morning sit down and think, what can I achieve today? What small step can I make today?

Go to the gym, just once, even if you don't go for long, just do it. Then the next day do something else, do a little more even, go back to the gym and go longer or push yourself a bit more.

If you just keep doing this and keep pushing those little steps you will look back and see that your starting point is miles away, you have got so far and it will be such a good feeling. 

When I was suffering badly with depression I knew something had to change, looking back now I didn't realise just how bad I was at the time but I still knew that I needed to get out of the shadow of this illness.

I started taking little steps, just one thing that made me feel better, then eventually another thing that motivated me, then when I started seeing the changes with these small steps I began to have hope which I think is the best catalyst for turning your life around.

As soon as you have hope you can see your destination much clearer and then you are on a roll. Next thing you know you are inches away.

If I had tried a million things at once and really pushed myself too hard I would have been overwhelmed and been so focused on the different actions that I was taking that my focus would have completely been taken away from the goal. The destination would have been unclear and unreachable.