Huge commitments are overwhelming, whereas small ones are quite obviously not. It’s like Alcoholics Anonymous’ famous idea of taking it “one day at a time.” Forget the grandiose goals and dreams and decisions and just make tomorrow a success. As a famous Chinese proverb puts it, “Every thousand mile journey begins with the first step.”
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But this step doesn’t necessarily have to be in a particular direction.  I’ve written elsewhere that the key to happiness and productivity is to “find a path you enjoy being on that leads you in the direction you want to go.” In this case, however, you don’t even need to find a path you enjoy. Just get back on a path. You can switch paths after you’ve started walking again.

Over the last three weeks, the M2 money supply has exploded by a whopping $532 billion.

This is more than the entirety of QE1 from December to June 2010, during which time M2 increased by $458 billion.

Over the last three weeks money supply is expanding at 26x the rate of QE1 during the 2008 financial crisis.

Direct stimulus checks to consumers as part of the $2.1 trillion stimulus bill haven’t even been handed out yet, and even more stimulus is being planned in Congress as we speak.
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The effect of all this will most likely be massive price inflation, a fall in bond markets, and a spectacular rise in commodities markets led by gold and silver.

The obsession with growth is also something that needs to be mitigated. Growth for the sake of growth is a terrible way to run a business. Indeed, growth at any cost is the philosophy of a malignant tumor. And cancers tend to kill their host.
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On the other hand, to extend this morbid metaphor further than it deserves, steady and strategic growth bolstered by growing and maintaining solid cash reserves is like a healthy child growing into adulthood. It’s the way businesses should be built—on top of a strong foundation instead of beneath a mountain of debt.

These zero percent rates are not for you, of course. The discount rate is the rate at which banks can borrow directly from the Federal Reserve; the benchmark rate is used as a sort of baseline by institutions throughout the economy. As The Financial Dictionary puts it, the benchmark rate is "...the minimum interest rate investors will demand for investing in a non-Treasury security.” 

While in a rut, I’ve found myself overwhelmed with what I would want and even need to do to get back on track. Say you want to lose weight. Well you’ve got to buy healthier food and eat healthier and work out and create a schedule and you need to do all of this consistently for months on end. That’s a lot for anyone to take, especially someone in a state where they lack most, if not all, motivation. 

Instead, the thing you need to do to get out of a rut is to go against the grain. Instead of asking the big questions, ask the small ones; what do you need to do to have a successful tomorrow