The dishes won’t do themselves and neither will the comeback. Start with one plate.

A pile only looks impossible when you insist on seeing all of it at once. Nothing in the sink requires you to finish, only to begin, and the same is true of whatever you are rebuilding. Momentum is not a feeling you wait for, it is a byproduct of the first small unit of work.

Pick the smallest visible piece of the thing you have been avoiding and do only that today. One page of notes, one message sent, one corner of the room. Stop there if you want, because starting was the part that was stuck.