A tip from a friend on what to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed:
“The best advice I ever got from my 5th grade teacher stuck with me until this day. If you have a list of 10 things to do, don’t look at them all at once. Pick one and go from there. We’re only one person and if we train our minds to slow down when we have a meticulous or time consuming project, I find it relaxes the anxiety of feeling like I’ll never get it done. Hope this helps.”
I particularly like this idea of not looking at them all at once.
…Sure, make your list and get yourself organized on what all needs to get done. And sure, prioritize so you can distinguish between what needs to get done, what you want to get done, what doesn’t really need to get done, what can be delegated, and what can be deleted. And sure, take a quick look at it all.
But after that… stop.
Enough looking at the list.
The longer you look at the list, the more likely the list will paralyze you to inaction (and lead you to a modern day distraction).
Just pick something.
Go from there.
Train your mind to slow down.
Having a lot to get done is the modern day dilemma.
Getting one thing done at a time with a calm, clear intention is the modern day solution.