you just get into that mode

where you end up with too much on your plates

and you start to feel heavy and burdened

by all your responsibilities

and things that you have to do

it can feel like you're drowning

in endless tasks or that  everything in front of you

is just too much to handle

if you relate to feeling like this

i'd like to share about what you can do

when you're feeling overwhelmed

the first thing you want to do

if you're feeling overwhelmed

is to give yourself some breathing space

take a step back

go outside

get some fresh air

take a walk

take some deep breaths

i know it sounds simple

but truly we have to regulate our bodies

in order to calm down

our nervous system

so that we're not in that very anxious,

intense state of feeling overwhelmed

they say that the busier you are

the more you have to meditate

you want to step into the feeling

of what you want to feel

instead of what you don't want to feel

if you're already feeling anxious,

overwhelmed and stressed and tense

if you just continue feeling that way

you're gonna continue feeling that way

you want to do things

that help you do the opposite, right?

you want to calm down

you want to take a breath

you want to start to relax your body physically

so that you can relax your mind

giving yourself more breathing space

will allow you to re-center in your calm

and in your piece

and then be able to judge the situation

in front of you with a clear mind

so that you can approach it from

a more problem-solving point of view

rather than this frazzled, chaotic point of view

next

you can try the 10-10-10 rule

ask yourself how would you  feel about the situation

in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years

kind of looking at these 3 different time frames

will allow you to gain a new perspective

on your overwhelming situation

is this something that really

matters in the long term

or is it just something that feels overwhelming

for the next 10 minutes

is it going to matter in the next 10 months?

what you do here or the next 10 years

hopefully you'll realize that your situation

in 10 years won't really matter that much

at all and it's just a small thing

this also helps if you're trying to prioritize

all the different things you have going on

if you have too much on your plates

and you're overwhelmed

ask yourself

which of these things will matter more

in the long term

which of these are important in

the 10 years or the 10 months

rather than just the next 10 minutes

another thing you can do

that's really helpful when you're overwhelmed

is to journal it out

journaling is a tool to express your emotions

your feelings and your thoughts

it's your safe private space

to say whatever you want

don't judge yourself

express your feelings

honestly it feels so good

to be able to have a safe and private space

to let out everything

because we're often so overwhelmed

and emotional in our minds

and it can be hard to navigate

it can be hard to know what to do

with all of these thoughts

or all of these emotions

i find that journaling it  out is a really healthy way

to express yourself

express your emotions and thoughts

and it also can help you put together the puzzle

once you put all your jumbled thoughts

and emotions and words onto paper

then you can start to recognize

i was like oh maybe i'm thinking in a loop

and i can break myself out of this loop

or oh i know the solution to this

all i have to do is XYZ

and then you proceed to make a to-do list

or something about the next steps

you can take another impactful way

to deal with overwhelm is to move your body

go out, get some exercise

whether you want to go for a walk

whether you want to do yoga stretch

or even dance

whatever way feels good to you

maybe it feels good to take a kickboxing class

or maybe you want to go swimming

and feel how it feels to just float in the water

where the sounds of the world

are just drowned out by the water

there are so many benefits to exercise

and moving your body

and the reason why this helps you deal

with overwhelm is because it helps you

take your mind off of what you have to do

also when your body is so tense and stressed

it's good for your body to move

you can kind of let all that energy out

you want to move the energy

through your body

so that you're not holding it all in your head

in general, exercise helps you de-stress

it helps you relax and loosen your body

get some circulation going it also puts you

in a better mood so that you feel better

about yourself and your life

no matter how busy you are

find time to move your body throughout the day

and you will feel so much better

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another way to deal with your overwhelm

is to reframe your perspective

in other words

realize that it's not that serious

this is just a shift in the way

you look at your situation

because sometimes

we make something so big

so important

so heavy, right?

when it doesn't have to be that way

it doesn't have to be that serious

you don't have to take yourself so seriously

it's not the end of the world

oftentimes we are the ones

that put so much expectations

and pressure on ourselves

and that is because maybe your parents

put high expectations or pressure on you

and it became you

putting that pressure on yourself

or it could be so many other reasons, right?

but we have a certain bar

where we set that expectation

and if we fall below that bar

we feel so terrible about ourselves

even though comparatively

we're not doing as bad as we really think we are

try to zoom out as much as possible

and try to kind of release

these pressures and expectations

that you put on yourself

why do you have such high expectations

in the first place

why is it necessary for you to do this

why do you have to make yourself suffer

from not meeting all these expectations

if you can learn to realize

it's not that serious

then you can start to release  that inner part of you

that wants to control everything

we feel overwhelmed because

we feel like we want to have a control

and have a handle on everything in our lives

but we don't and it's too uncomfortable

to deal with everything that is out of our control

there's so many things

that we want to have done

so many things we want to be perfect

or to do well and you can  learn to just let go of it

it's easier said than done

but it is possible to reframe your perspective

on yourself and your life and everything

that you think you have to do

you might not have to do it at all

the next thing you can do to release

your overwhelm is to prioritize and let go

why don't you try making a not to-do list

instead of a to-do list

i feel like i'm always adding these

to my to-do list so that it is never ending

but what if you made a not to-do list

let's move things to okay it's not that important

i'm not gonna do this

i'm not going to check my email 10 times a day

i'm not gonna answer text messages, right?

when i get them right

i'm gonna do these things in batches

or i'm gonna kind of reschedule

reframe my time

so that it works for me

i find it so fun to cut things out

and i also find that it is a life skill

one of the most important life skills to

learn how to prioritize to recognize

what is truly essential

what is truly important

what matters

what do i want to put my time towards

and what is okay for me not to do

be okay with not be able to do everything

that you want to do

be okay with letting things go

be okay with done is better than perfect, right?

finish it even if it's not perfect

just let it go and move on to the next thing

because you don't want to take too long

that you feel overwhelmed

that you can't finish everything

that you want to finish

it's better to feel done and complete

than it is to be a perfectionist

taking so long trying to do everything

it just feels like drowning and it's not fun