Getting Started Is Not The Hardest Part

The first part is never the hardest part: the middle is way harder than the beginning.

We almost always talk about the start (of a project, a habit, a diet etc.) and ignore the finish. We have popular phrases like, “Well begun is half-done,” or “The hardest part of any journey is the first step,” but that’s not even a little true.

A lot of people set goals that are too big. And most people judge their goals as an all-or-nothing process.

So start by setting a realistic goal that you know how to reach. If and after you achieve it, nothing’s stopping you from taking it to the next level, with all the e...