By now, you may have realized something troubling: you don’t have one boulder.
You have seven.
The half-written pitch deck. The stalled client proposal. The conversation you keep avoiding. The newsletter you meant to launch last year. The website update that’s been “almost done” since 2022.
Your brain wants to solve all of them. This week. Simultaneously.
Here’s the problem: You can’t move five boulders at once.
You’ll wear yourself out trying to build momentum in every direction. You’ll get stuck in planning mode. You’ll spend hours “prioritizing” and never get anything done.
And worse? You’ll start to believe the lie that you’re the problem.
You’re not. You’re just trying to push too much weight with too little clarity.
So let me give you permission: Pick one.
Not the biggest one. Not the “most important.” Just the one you can actually move right now.
Because movement creates energy. Energy builds momentum. And momentum shifts everything.
That’s the whole idea behind What’s Your Boulder?™. Not boulders. Singular. You pick one. You focus. You move it.
The rest? They’re not going anywhere. But you’ll be in a better position to handle them once the weight of this one is gone.
ACTION STEP:
Look at your list. Circle one boulder. The one that feels:
- Easiest to start
- Most likely to create a ripple effect
- Or just the one you want to move first
That’s your boulder for now. The others can wait. You’re building capacity—not chasing chaos.
In the next post, we’ll talk about how to start moving your boulder in the smallest, most friction-free way possible. Spoiler: It’ll feel almost silly. And that’s the point.