“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” 
~Eva Young

Good morning! When was the last time you felt truly overwhelmed?
Maybe it was last week, or last month, or maybe it is right now,
this very minute. Have your “to-dos” piled so high that they are
robbing the joy from your days and the skip from your step?

When we are overwhelmed, we can often trace the feeling to one of
four sources:
1. When we fail to allow enough time for the unexpected, tasks pile
up and all of a sudden we find ourselves anxious or struggling to
stay above water.
2. There is some specific “to-do” that you just don’t like doing.
That single to-do is ignored more than any others, until it gets to
a point of “crisis,” and must be dealt with.
3. The project seems insurmountable – since we don’t know where to
start, we just don’t start.
4. Like today’s quote, we confuse PLANNING with DOING and spend too
long in the planning phase and not enough time in the action phase.

Regardless of the source of your “overwhelmed feeling” the quickest
way to release it is through action. Even five-concentrated minutes
on a task will help us to feel we have control over the “to-do”
versus it controlling us.

Your Turn:
Make a list of the things that are overwhelming to you right now.
Choose one to work with this week. Each day, set your timer for at
least 5 minutes and take focused action. Notice how the action
begins to make the anxious and overwhelmed feelings dissolve.

Your Affirmation:
I do not succumb to feelings of being overwhelmed, instead I am
inspired to action.