How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed Right Now

Audience Building Secrets with Chris Hughes

Can we all admit that being overwhelmed is not a good feeling? 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️
It just feels like everything compounds on one another. Like the mountain just keeps getting bigger and bigger with no end in sight.
This sometimes leads to anxiety building up and then for me I get a little angry because of everything I feel like I need to do.
If you think about it, the process of getting overwhelmed makes sense. We spread ourselves a little bit too thin and that makes it hard for us to accomplish all of our goals.
We have these endless to-do lists that keep getting bigger and it seems like the harder we work, the farther we get from our goals.📋
I want you to think about a half-full glass right now. 🥃
Think about what it's like when you start to pour more liquid into the glass. It fills up, right?
Your brain is the same way. 🧠
You have a finite amount of space in your brain for all of the stuff that you think you need to get done. Every time you add something else, it's just filling up your brain glass even more.
When that happens, things start to fall off to the side right? If there's a finite space then we can't really keep adding stuff until we free up some space.
That's when we get overwhelmed and feel like there just isn't enough time ⏳
That's where this activity comes in... you're going to want to grab a pen/pencil and a notebook. You're going to want to put aside 5-10 minutes and just do this one simple activity.
🛑 STOP READING UNTIL YOU GET YOUR PEN AND PAPER 🛑
You're going to spend the next 5-10 minutes just writing down every single thing that is in your mind.
Seriously. Go get the pen and paper if you haven't yet.
All of the thoughts you have should be written down in the notebook. All of the unfinished projects, all of the household chores, all of the phone calls you haven't made yet.
Write them all down in this notebook so that you can visually see exactly what has been on your mind lately. 📝
Doing this might make you feel a little overwhelmed and that makes sense... I mean look at all the stuff you have to do!
After this, you're going to need to set up a plan of action. I personally like to do the little things first. The stuff that'll take like 5 minutes or less.
✅Then CROSS THOSE THINGS OFF YOUR LIST. ✅
The process of crossing these things off is huge, every single time I do it, I feel a little bit less overwhelmed.
You'll also see that you are clearing up some more space in your mind.
Once you're done with this activity, come back to this post and let me know what you learned in the comments down below.

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