Sometimes our problems can seem so big we don’t know where to start.

It will take too long. I don’t have time. I don’t feel like it. Forget it!

Been there done that.

This morning, in my beautiful little home, I noticed some old dirt on the bathroom tile floor under the hot water radiator. I have been working for months to get everything clean to my liking, and here was another area needing attention. Below is part of my process.

1. One day I took off all the switch plates and washed them and the switches.
2. Another time I scraped off years of sloppy paint jobs from the tops of all the lovely thick white tiles. Now they gleam!
3. I began vinegar spraying all the fixtures and faucets and gradually worked off the lime build up. It takes quite a while to do this without having to scratch the chrome or use toxic cleaners. But it works.
4. Recently I popped all the clear caps off the water taps and soaked them shiny in vinegar and popped them back on – they look new again!
5. This morning I toothbrushed out the dirt (using my vinegar/Dawn detergent solution) from under the radiator and it is finally clean.

My vintage bathroom has been a work in progress. I still need to scrape small paint drops from the tile floor, and I want to wash all the walls. That will be another day.

The important thing is the work is getting done. My bathroom is looking almost new and it’s been happening little by little.

This process will work in about any area you find yourself resisting getting started. You’ll feel accomplishment as one thing is done. It can be fit into small increments of time. It won’t feel like overwhelm trying to do everything in one day.

Is there a little-by-little in your life you want to begin?