We all have different things that work for us. You have your count mnemonic, to misuse the term. For me it really is as simple as finding something, anything that I can get done. One example: I needed to update the sales copy on one of my landing pages, but for some reason didn't want to get started. What did I do? I started by changing the background color of the site. Something easy that took just a couple of minutes, then when I'd finished testing that and found it to be an improvement, I moved to changing the headline on the page and eventually the whole sales copy.
We all have different things that work for us. You have your count mnemonic, to misuse the term. For me it really is as simple as finding something, anything that I can get done. One example: I needed to update the sales copy on one of my landing pages, but for some reason didn't want to get started. What did I do? I started by changing the background color of the site. Something easy that took just a couple of minutes, then when I'd finished testing that and found it to be an improvement, I moved to changing the headline on the page and eventually the whole sales copy.