And it didn't seem to take very long. Just think, if I could have accomplished just one small task each day of my life, how prolific I would be. I could have written 100 books instead of a dozen. If I had saved a few dollars each day , I'd be in a lot better position to retire. Imagine making one extra cold call each day, or developing one new product each month or taking one degree course each decade.
Successful people do a little at a time, again and again.
So don't think about the project in its entirety, and become discouraged. Think about the small chunk, the short-term goal, the little tasks that collectively become the major project. You move a thousand files to a new location a few files at a time. You wallpaper a room a wall at a time. And you clean the basement or garage one shelf at a time.