Get unstuck from the rut

2. Create goals for yourself
Your ultimate goal is to make a living doing the thing you most want to do. Now break it down into smaller steps, and then break those into steps too. For instance, if you work in an office but you actually want to be an acupuncturist you’ll need to train. To do that you’ll need to find out what’s involved, what it costs and where to do it.

3. Give yourself time limits
Set a time limit for achieving each of your goals. For instance, the would-be acupuncturist might give herself two weeks to gather all the information together, three months to sign on a course and begin training and two years to qualify and set up in practice.

4. Take action
This one’s the most vital of all. Take action and keep taking it. That means doing something every day towards your goal. Make the call, write the letter, do the research, whatever is needed. If there’s something you dread doing or which scares you then do that first and don’t give yourself time to dwell on it.

With every step you take you’ll feel better about yourself, more excited and more energised. And if you keep going you’ll get there. Good luck!