When you find that you are stuck, move. It doesn’t need to be anything monumental. In fact, it’s better if it is small.

I was reading once that to escape quicksand, you must neither sit still nor thrash about. Instead, you are supposed to make slow, tiny movements which loosens the sand and allow water to seep in. Eventually, the earth will release its grip and you will be let free—life and work function in much the same way.

It’s rarely idleness nor dramatic actions that get us unstuck, but deliberate movement that compounds into momentum over time.