When you're on the verge of a mental break-down and need to be reminded that there are an infinite amount of possibilities that you just losttrack of, you need to take a step back
-Gurl, idk what to do next, I'm running into a wall
-Have you used the Take-a-step-back policy yet? There are so many ways you can go instead right into the wall!
It is a popular lyric to a song, but sometime used i phrases or as comparisons to things. it's basically taking one step back. and it means, making progress towards something but making less progress rather than more, if that makes sense.
"one step forward < two steps back"
I was trying to finish my math homework, and i did the beginning, but going to that party before finishing was one step forward and two steps back.