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One Thing You Need to Do If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed
How planning your week ahead of time can melt away your stress.
While I was working two jobs, running a blog, and starting on Medium, I’d broken my “overwhelm” levels.
I’d reached that level where I was always so stressed that instead of trying to finish my tasks, I ended up doing nothing.
I’d try to work, but I could only think about everything else I had to do. The tightness in my chest and my loud thoughts made me quit every time.
I tried scheduling tasks and organizing my list by priority, but nothing worked. Even if I only gave myself three jobs to do all day, I’d think about when I’d get to the others.
One day, I was fed up with feeling overwhelmed, so I took out a blank piece of paper and wrote down the days of the week across the top of the page. Then, I wrote down what I’d do every day of that week.
I don’t exaggerate when I say that my overwhelm disappeared in a moment.
Why planning your week defeats overwhelm
Instead of creating one work to-do list, you create seven.
When you put this system in place, the stress of what you need to do and when you need to do it disappears.
