Feel overwhelmed? Here’s what to do
A five-step process for prioritising, when it all gets too much
We all get overwhelmed at times.
We’re all dealing with too much information. Expectations that are far too high. Too many tasks to possibly fit into a day. And so much choice that it can be paralysing. No wonder so many of us feel overwhelmed.
We either shut down, and do nothing. Or we’re running around like headless chickens, doing everything, everywhere, all at once.
This is the process I share with my coaching clients, to get out of overwhelm. Most of it is common sense. But common sense goes out of the window when it all gets too much.
Trivia suddenly seems hugely important.
When I feel overwhelmed, I don’t know what I want to do. I can’t see what I need to do. So I end up playing a computer game to avoid thinking altogether. Or reorganising my wardrobe, repainting the hallway and obsessively getting my in-box to zero because this seems a way of controlling the uncontrollable.
Sound familiar? If so, stop. Now. Take a breath or two. Be kind to yourself.
Then follow the steps below.
