Some things are just plain hard.

Difficult to think about and harder to pull off.

We might have a clear objective and an end date in mind, but everyone knows some things just take the time they take an none of us can predict the when of the thing.

That doesn’t mean No Plan.

It means keeping things achievable and accountable.

For now, break it down into known-size pieces – even if it’s just for now – and spot the bridges to the imaginable future. Not the step-by-step for the entire journey, but the few we’ll take in the next week or month and some stand-out bricks we know we’ll need sometime before the end – a component for this and a module for that.

As much of a plan as you can.

Report against that.

Updates on that.

Track that.

Skippy strategy: Have a plan, keep everyone accountable, even as it changes.