Overloaded

We can get to a point where we are overloaded by our to-do list. It’s easier to divide up the work across the week, or with other people, rather than to do it all by ourselves (especially big projects). To do everything by ourselves wears us down, demoralizes us in the long run.

Time management is important, but also being realistic with what can be done within a given period of time. When we’re overloaded, it can be difficult to concentrate and focus. We can get tired and exhausted, on the verge of giving up and call it quits.

Being overloaded can happen if we underestimate the challenges ahead. We might say to ourselves, “Oh, that’s easy,” or, “It won’t take that much time,” but once we start, we’ll soon face unexpected dilemmas such as things that are broken, things need to be fixed, things that need to be purchased or need to be repaired, etc. All of these things add up over time, which delay us from accomplishing the other things on our to-do list.

Before we know it, we’re over budget, out of resources, and out of time, and we’ve lost the momentum to keep moving forward. All because we had underestimated the challenges–because we didn’t factor in the things that could go wrong.

Perhaps we should start with accomplishing one thing at a time, things that are manageable, things that have a track record of being doable and small, rather than take on gargantuan projects that will overload us.