I tried a new way of planning a route to a goal earlier today. I basically began with:
1. Where I am now.
2. Where I want to be.
Then I worked myself backwards from #2, inserting small steps leading to #1.
The idea is to bridge a large gap by bridging many small gaps.
Then a funny thing happened. I looked at the list and went "Boy, this sounds like a lot of work. Do I really want to do this?"
That, I suspect, is what it boils down to. Is my goal worth working my ass off for?