Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed (adj.): completely overcome or overpowered by thought or feeling.

This is me lately.

Off and on, a lot lately.

When I hit this wall, overcome by the weight of my obligations, what do I do?

A mixture of this:

😮 freeze (lose focus; procrastinate)

😮 take a break (watch trash TV; work out; scroll TikTok)

😮 clean (throw things away; tidy up)

😮 respond to emails

😮 review my to-do list

😮 make a list of what needs to get done now (and what can wait)

😮 cancel meetings

I'm not sure which of these helps most, but I've realized my pattern of turning to these choices when overpowered by my own thoughts and to-do list.

A little time with any of them, though, and I almost always return to the tasks at hand, recharged and ready to press on.

What do you do to regroup when overwhelmed?

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