Stressed?
Things piling up on you?
Getting in to be too much?
Well, I am here for you.
I am your life style mentor.
And it's time for you to learn what to do when you get overwhelmed with life.
Okay, so I'm having a bad day, right?
Really, really bad day.
Sitting in my office, my brain is literally exploding with all the different things I've
got to work on.
And I literally felt like there was a fuse in my head that was about to just to explode
and just like shut down.
I grab a pad of paper and I drew this circle inside of it.
I put me in the middle and I had to see what was going on in my life.
So I start drawing all this lines and circles, these lines and circles to like all these
commitments and responsibilities.
And all the things I personally was attached to.
And that...
Meaning, attachments, meaning, I was responsible or I was the one in charge of it.
Or had an answer for it and this is somewhat it would look like.
And I literally mapped it out and I sat there looking at my map and it just mad sense.
No wonder I feel so overwhelmed.
It actually my first step in starting to make a big change in my life about this overwhelmed
feeling.
Step number 1 is make a map.
And I know this looks crazy like it looks like, you know, some kind of a child just
drew this.
But what if you did draw the map and showed yourself all the different responsibilities
and commitments that you've made and what you're literally committed to.
I think sometimes what happens is we don't cause a visual to happen in front of us as
we posed with new opportunities.
I think sometimes we actually say yes too many times and we don't realize the complexcity
of what it is that we've created for us in our life.
When I sat down and made that map, I literally had an awakening.
A really big awakening to I am over committed.
There are too many things I am connected to.
And starting on that day, with that map, I start looking it all of the things I am committed
to and I had to start cutting back.
I start changing things.
And I got to tell you too.
When I made my map, the next thing that came to me when somebody said, would you be willing
to do this?
It was really easy to say no.
I think the reason why we yes too much is because we actually don't see it out in front
of us.
We have it all swirling around of our head.
But we don't have a map of what we're committed to.
And so we keep saying yes.
And then what happens when you keeps saying yes?
You start to run out of energy, ran out of time, get behind and then you stress with
the kids.
And the kids have to hurry and spouse has to hurry and the friend has to hurry.
And then you don't get enough sleep, you eat the wrong things and you got yourself a mess.
So step number 1 of learning how to deal and get over this overwhelmed feeling is you got
to map yourself out.
And draw out every step of the way of what is it that you're committed to.
You don't have to but if you keep thinking in your head you're aware of all the different
places, you committed yourself to, you will be surprised and shocked to find out how many
different places you're committed to.
So make a map.
That's step number 1.
Okay, step number 2.
Where can you renegotiate some of these commitments?
You might have to go back to people and say, "Hey, I have overdone it, I've reached a line
and I am never going to cross that line."
You see, people who become overwhelmed are people who almost in a way are ashamed of
having to go back on their commitments.
But if you don't renegotiate, what happens is, you are going to burn out.
You're going to ran out.
And who's going to pay the price?
You're body's going to pay the price, you're family's going to pay the price.
But where can you renegotiate?
Go look at the map and see where you have to renegotiate.
What can you let go of?
Right?
There's so many of those you got to let go of.
And then also, who's got to step up?
Some of those commitments that you're holding on to that you keep being the one in charge,
some of those are really on somebody else and they're not doing their job.
And so you're stepping in and taking care of it for them.
You know it.
You know you're doing that.
Instead of getting after them to step it up, you've been taking the responsibility for
it.
So maybe there's some training in line or maybe you need to get out after somebody?
Or kind of change that person out because they're not taking good care of it.
Here's another reason why you could be overwhelmed.
Can you imagine that this could've actually cause you feel emotionally piled up in the
inside?
That could cause a lot of frustration and discouragement there.
So if you're feeling emotionally full, that's a sign of being overwhelmed.
Emotions.
So, learn and find a way to emotionally let go of those feeling on the inside and my most
favorite way is to journal.
You will hear me over and over again say, journal how you think and feel so that you
can drop that level inside of all of that emotional build up so you can think straight.
Eating habits can affect the way you think and if you are eating poorly, you're going
to make poor decisions.
If you're eating healthy you're going to make healthy decisions.
Make sense doesn't it?
Sleep.
Low on sleep, you're going to make bad decisions.
Low on sleep, you're going to over commit yourself.
Next, hydration.
If you're low on water, you're going to over commit yourself because you're just going
to say yes to everything because you're not thinking it through.
When you're dehydrated, you're brain does not function at it's top ability.
It just can't.
It needs to be hydrated because.
Your brain use a lot of water.
And so, get some water in you.
Help you think better.
And the last one.
You will be overwhelmed if in every 7 days, you don't have a playtime.
I know it sounds like I am talking to as we're like kids or something, right?
But if we don't have a playtime to go do something fun, we don't have an outlet.
There's no outlet.
And I know you're thinking, "I'll play when I get all my work done."
That's not going to happen.
You're an adult now.
And that means there's always something to do.
But every 7 days, where's the playtime?
So, these steps and this idea have starting out of the map is going to help you get yourself
put in the position that overwhelmed is not something that takes you over anymore.
Because today's the day you're going to make a change about this.
Overwhelmed is the sign of mismanaged decisions.
So take my suggestions, map it out, follow my suggestions of what to do next and get
yourself back in charge and so you're not overwhelmed.
You're back into a place of managing things wisely.
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