Full Speed Ahead, & Damn the Torpedos

I don't know who first said, "Full speed ahead, and damn the torpedos", but I always thought it had to be a World War II battle ship Commander. Submarines would hunt enemy ships and sink them with torpedos, which were self-propelled explosive devices, or simply put, mobile bombs that were fired under water in the ocean.
The quotation, however, has become an expression, meaning to charge (or proceed) ahead regardless (without concern for) the consequences. This is something I need to practice more, because I think too much about things I should or need to do, and then become overwhelmed by them.
Take cleaning my apartment, for instance (for example). I kept thinking about all the cleaning I had to do, vaccing, dusting, washing the floors, washing the the windows, the kitchen counters, cleaning the bathroom, etc. I got tired just thinking about it, and so, of course, didn't get anything done.
Until I stopped thinking about all the tasks I had to do, and just concentrated on one. After that one, I could think about the next one. And so on, and so forth (a longer way of saying etc., etc.)
The other thing I have to practice, is pacing myself. Many times my energy is very limited, but I still try to get everything done right away. This leads to exhaustion, a bad night's sleep, and usually very low energy the following day. So, I am trying to do smaller amounts of cleaning at one time, and spread all the cleaning out over a few days.
Of course, the best way to clean, is to pay someone else to do it. And that's the way I will do the cleaning as soon as I win the lottery.