Your overwhelming day cure is here! The Solutions

So the Overwhelming Solution you are looking for is here.

Ok, let’s say you are just completely overwhelmed right now, so what do you do to stop it?

Well, I have no clue how to keep you from being overwhelmed. Although I have some ideas that may help. The key to these ideas, and what other people say, is to take what is there and use what is useful for you. What works for me may not work for you. You need to decide if it is helping you or not.

Ok, here’s the main idea - “GET ORGANIZED / PLAN”

Sounds a little too simple. You are probably right, too simple to really make a difference. 
Sometimes just getting organized and planning can be quite overwhelming. 
That’s when you try and break it down into smaller items.
 Then start asking yourself questions that will help you get more organized so that you can create a plan. Here are some questions you can ask yourself if you are being overwhelmed.

You can put these on some cards and pull them out when you feel overwhelmed. At least till you have them memorized or don’t need them any longer.

  • Do I really need to do this?
  • Does it need to be done now?
  • Can I do this less often?
  • Who can help me get this done?
  • Can I plan this out into smaller things?

There are many solutions to being overwhelmed. Finding the correct one can be a challenge. Try this one out for a few days. If it doesn’t quite work out come back and email me so we can talk about additional choices.

Everything has its place, where you put it in your life determines what happens next.

  • Too Much To DO!
  • Being Overwhelmed
  • Feeling Overwhelmed
  • Anxiety Depression
  • Stress Management
  • Stress Test

Part 2 - The Stories

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Your overwhelming day cure is here! The Stories

There was a time when our little girl was in the hospital for a while. It was more then just a little overwhelming, the amount of things we had to do for her. The appointments, medicines, feedings, stays in the hospital for weeks or months at a time. It was overwhelming and stressful at times for me and my wife. Yet there were times when we just didn’t feel anything was too much. It was just something that we had to do, it became part of our lives. 
Although we did refuse to recognize how overwhelming it was at times. I wish we would have noticed how overwhelming things were getting. These were the times when we could have used pretty much anybody’s help. We had to be strong though, at least that is what I thought. It’s at those times I wish we would have had more people letting us know how overwhelmed we were and we needed to get some help. We just seemed to busy to do anything about it.

Sometimes going on vacation can be very overwhelming. I do this and my relatives do this quite often. It seems that people always want to do a million things while they are on vacation. You want to do so many things, and to be able to organize them all along with making sure that everybody wants to do the activities you have planned.

Ok, so you have everything planned out. Sometimes it just doesn’t matter, it may be planned out but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t overwhelming. You have to work the plan for a successful vacation. Sometimes giving in to relaxation on a vacation means doing nothing. Yeah everybody says you only have one life and you need to live everyday like it’s your last. What if you are just to tired, doing anything when you are tired, frustrated or overwhelmed will probably result in bad times for all. Why put yourself and others through that. Why can’t a vacation be just hanging out at the kitchen table playing cards or a board game with some family or friends.

Simple is OK, is it not!
Times spent with family or friends just hanging out can be just as rewarding and more relaxing as an overwhelming day with 20 things on the schedule.

Everything has its place, where you put it in your life determines what happens next.

  • To Much To DO!
  • Being Overwhelmed
  • Feeling Overwhelmed
  • Anxiety Depression
  • Stress Management
  • Stress Test

Part 1 - Overwhelming Day Cure

Part 3 - The Solutions

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Your overwhelming day cure is here!

To Much To DO! Feeling Overwhelmed, working with some anxiety depression. Maybe you need some Stress Management, or possibly a Stress Test.

Are you being overwhelmed or just procrastinating. Not in a good way either.

I belief there are different times and reasons when you are being overwhelmed, and that the key is recognizing you are being overwhelmed, and then to figure out your way to change it.

How about being overwhelmed with to many things to do. This is the basic reason people feel like they are overwhelmed. TO MANY THINGS TO DO! Lets say you have to pick up the kids, go get groceries, help with some errands, take the car to the shop, finish up a report for work.

  • Now are these some things that could be put off till later?
  • What will come to an end if they didn’t get done?

You then use these things you have to do to keep from doing other things you need to do. Like little procrastination actions keeping you from doing something you NEED or SHOULD do, like keep the groceries coming in and being able to do important errands.

Is this being overwhelmed, or are you creating this feeling of being overwhelmed making yourself so busy that you don’t have to do some of the important things in life.

Just imagine if you didn’t have to do all those things. If only a few of them were important. Since we all have the same amount of time in a day how can we use it the best we can.

Lets say you have a list of things, say them out loud. Hear which ones are important to you now! Do those ones.

Everything has it place, where you put it in your life determines what happens next.

  • To Much To DO!
  • Being Overwhelmed
  • Feeling Overwhelmed
  • Anxiety Depression
  • Stress Management
  • Stress Test

Part 2 - The Stories

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The most fantastic 5 minutes of your life

Sometimes it still astonishes me about how much can be done in 5 minutes. The best way to find out is get a timer and set it.

I set a timer for my girls when I want them to straighten up their rooms a little. They know they only have 5 minutes so they tend to work a little harder. There are also times when they keep going.

When I feel like writing something I set a 5 minute timer. I give myself only 5 minutes to complete as much writing as I can. Because of the time constraint it forces me to completely concentrate on what I am doing. There are times when I get to 5 minutes and just stop, other times when I am in the zone and just keep going.

Imagine setting a 5 minute timer and clearing your desk at work. You don’t have to clean everything, just enough within 5 minutes.

Try doing things 5 minutes at a time. You may find that the 5 minutes will get you started, when you finish, who knows!

What are some of the things this will help with?

  • Motivation
  • Confidence
  • Time Management
  • Procrastination
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I Love Procrastinating

Procrastination, is it a confidence issue, time management problem, motivation situation or just plain Lazy.

Must things always be completed. What if you did just a little something every day. Then put the rest off. Then did a little more of it. Progress most times comes one step at a time.

Not everything has to be done right now. Sometimes the giant steps or leaps and bounds could send you off the deep end. It’s as if you didn’t look where you were leaping.

Imagine little by little, step by step, word after word. It will all get done.
When the time is right, it will be completed.

  • Procrastination
  • Confidence
  • Time Management
  • Motivation
  • Lazy
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Tell a Story and Change Your Life

Ok so we all don’t know that we have a story to tell. I sure didn’t quite understand it for quite a while. I don’t remember any childhood stories being told to me. Do you? The only thing that I can think of is the people who were telling me these stories just didn’t have their heart into the story or why they were telling it.

I have recently started collecting stories, all kinds of stories. You never know when you are going to be in a situation where you can use a story to get a point across, or the conversation you are in just completely stalls out. Hey tell a story, it can get things moving again.

I also use storyjolt.com to learn quick story writing or telling, which ever you prefer to call it. It has also helped in other aspects on how I think. To tell a story in 60 seconds and then the same story in 5 minutes. Let me tell you, that is a challenge.

So what’s a story you can tell, it doesn’t have to be great, just told?

Gardening isn’t always easy

Ok so it looks like a bunch of rocks. I just turned up a little portion of my backyard to replant a failed garden. the problem is I need some better soil.

What to do, what to do?
Without good soil I am pretty sure things will not go well. I can say this because the last plants were a complete failure. Just like everything else, you can’t skip steps.

It all starts with the foundation, a foundation built with a little help from somebody familiar with what I am trying to do. Shortly I should have all this tiled up with some other soil mixed in. Much better soil for planting.

Just need a little more coaching on gardening greatness.

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The Job Interview

Job Interviewing

Those are some scary words for most people. You have to show up to an office on time, be dressed up. Then you have to give your life story, or it would seem that way. You have to show what great skills you have to do a good job. That can be scary.

Why imagine it that way. If you have a resume that shows your skills you may not have to talk about them as much. Having your new boss view your references may also show your competence in the work you do.

I would say work on building a relationship with the people you interview with. Don’t work on getting the job, work on building a friendship for the second interview.

There are jobs that people hire just because of the skills you have, although I believe people will most likely hire somebody they like over somebody who knows the most.

Be a friend at your next job interview.

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Redneck Volleyball

Hammering PVC pipe into stoney ground was quite difficult so we had to take a different approach.

Whether you are a redneck or not, you need to do what it takes.

You never know what are going to be the best of times.

De-Clutter Your Life And Live Longer

De-Clutter To Live Longer

I’m not to sure.

I can see that removing things from your life that are causing you harm can be helpful. For instance getting rid of a book you have had for the last 25 years because one day you may read it again. Every time you look at it the memories of not really understanding it just bring you down.

Getting rid of a stack of papers that you have to look at everyday at work. Just looking at them tenses you up. Getting rid of that could be a good tension reliever.

As you remove these things that clutter your life, what is it doing to you.

I’m not sure if doing that will help you live longer. It will get rid of some of the stress and tension in your life, which will should make your life happier. I don’t know how long I am going to live for.

What type of life do you want, a happier life or a longer life? And would just de-cluttering your life actually help that?