Overwhelm

I’m currently reintegrating at work and facing some overwhelmed with some of the tasks that I am receiving. The latest situation is that there is a big proposal. I’ve been asked to work on which is due in two weeks. I’ve known about it for the last two months and I’ve been waiting for more information for me to get started writing on it. However, I have tried several times stopped because of overwhelmed and little bits and pieces and have asked for help. I have received some, but not enough for me to feel comfortable moving forward and I feel like it’s stuck in the models that I need more details and that I can’t write until I have more information . Now I’m in the situation where there’s two weeks left and I’m in panic mode. I find that all my red flags are activated. I’m going to sleep thinking about work waking up in the morning thinking about work. And I’m really annoyed at myself because I thought I had all the tools to manage this, and I really wanted to experiment and explore. Being my word of the year , how to care less about things like this and work more efficiently with less time various thoughts going on in my head how can I do this? Do I have enough time? So here are some models that I’ve been working with

C : proposal due in two weeks.

T: this is a lot of work and time is ticking away. I don’t know how we’re going to pull this off.

S: nauseasus

F: overwhelm

A. Start writing bits and stop , ruminating at night , paralysis

R. I keep procrastinating

To move to intentional model

T: you have enough time and all the info you need .

S: neutral

A. Make a schedule of which bits to focus on per day. , ask for help , for diff sections, note that it’s only work

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I feel like I know what to do but I’m annoyed s I wanted to practice new routine of three days at work and I can’t see, to pull it off because these things are draining me . Ams I’m creeping into my personal time . I grind it hard to get into an intentional model.

 

Answer:

 

It’s in moments like this that we really encourage our people to lean into what drives them to action. Overwhelm is paralyzing, almost across the board. It’s a terrible motivator. If you were to meet yourself where you are now, without judgment of how you’ve shown up until this point (wishing we had done something different isn’t useful – shame is also a terrible motivator), how would that sound in your mind, what would it feel like, what sensations would you experience in your body, and what actions would you take? What results would those actions create for you?

We have faith that you’ll win or you’ll learn – likely both. You’ve got this.