I accidentally turned things around by doing one tiny thing differently (share)

As-salamu alaykum - I’m not claiming to have life all figured out. I was stuck for years in that same kind of stuck where every day feels identical and even small chores seem impossible. I’d wake up tired, scroll for a bit, tell myself I’d start after lunch, and before I knew it the day was gone. Repeat. It wasn’t clinical depression exactly, more that quiet heavy fog of nothingness. One random morning I told myself: OK, today I’ll just do one thing. Not everything, not the whole to-do list. Just one. So I picked something tiny - like clearing one corner of my desk. Not the whole desk, just that corner. That tiny thing did something odd. It made me want to do one more small thing, then another. It wasn’t some sudden burst of motivation so much as a bit of steady consistency. Since then I’ve tried to treat things that way. Five minutes of writing. Ten minutes of walking. Reply to one email. Little bits added up, and slowly things changed: my room is cleaner, my head feels calmer, and my days actually move again. I didn’t “fix” my life with a productivity trick. I just stopped waiting to feel ready. If you’ve been stuck too, try doing one tiny thing today. Not because it’ll transform everything at once, but because it’ll remind you you still can. May Allah make things easy. EDIT: Jazakum Allah khair for all the tips. I tried a few things - I like using Notion to organise colours and simple tracking, it keeps my brain a bit tidier. But what really humbled me was setting screen limits on my phone. It locked apps when I said no-phone and made me realise how much time I waste. Watching the timer go up felt oddly satisfying and helped me stay on track.