Anxiety, depression and other mental health impairments blur and steal away our sensibilities. They distort and unbalance our minds. They can captivate us for years, decades, or sadly a lifetime in severe cases.

It can take considerable time for many of us to even realise that we’ve been functioning in a comatose mode: too numb to feel or see.

It depletes our energy and can make aspired goals feel as though they’re as impossible to reach as finding the end of a rainbow.

This state of mind fuels feelings of frustration, self-loathing and lacerates self-esteem.

We might wallow in procrastination simply because our goals, through a disrupted mind-set, feel impossible to accomplish.

STOP.

Take a breather, listen to music, go for a walk, or sit amongst nature – even in a public park.

Now, think about your goal. What is it, and what incremental changes can you make to help achieve what your soul desires? It can almost certainly be broken down into easier to manage stages.

If, for example, you wish to further your education, you could be focusing on the end result as opposed to taking some time to research the options. You might have angst about meeting the fees, and yet could be overlooking free access courses.

Try to picture your goal as a finished painting – remembering that a rough outline needs to be laid down first. You have to plan what the perspective will be and where you’ll place the varying hues of paint in order to create depth of vision, texture, etc.

The more you practice shifting your mind-set, the easier it’ll be for you to see, whilst drawing energy from each incremental step that you take.