Hi Camille, thinking about a large research project can be overwhelming ... I've found a good trick to get myself going with big projects is to chunk them down into smaller units and then just making a list of tasks to do. For instance, if thinking about a paper, tasks might be: review papers on topic from last 10 years; make dot points on what I want to say; find book or online resource that outlines how to write a journal article; etc.

The other trick I've used with success is to make appointments with myself to work on the paper ... not just wait till I have a few spare minutes. Once you're writing, getting a group of other people who are also preparing papers together into a publication syndicate can also be helpful.

Good luck with the work.