I’ve coined a phrase so it’s easy to remember: Stop, focus, complete, repeat. See? Easy peasy. So what I would do when the overwhelm would kick-in, I would stop, jot down what I needed to do in order of importance, and would focus on the top thing on my list and wouldn’t budge until it was completely done. I’d then move on to the next thing on my list and finish it to completion and repeat. I would do this until I could finally get to the point where I could crinkle that to-do list into a ball in my fists and have the dog fetch it and chew it up. I love nothing more than getting to the point where that stuff isn’t hanging over my head. Now, I could do the things I wanted to do.
So if you find yourself overwhelmed with much to-do and the mere thought of tackling it all makes you shut-down–try this: Stop, focus, complete, repeat. Yeah, you’ve got this! We’ve all got this!
Do you get overwhelmed? Do you think this will help you, too? Leave a comment and let’s discuss…
Thank you Jenny! Just what I needed to read today to finish up some business tax stuff to take to our accountant tomorrow. Stop Focus Complete Repeat. I'm on it.
Great advice!!! Happy Sunday Jenny. Hugs!!
Thank you for your phrase, love it, Love Planner Perfect! Using the system for a a few weeks now in my arc binder. Enjoying it and it is truly helping, but still feeling trapped to my to do's. I have a lot of them. Tried to email but I don't think it went through. Would love to ask a few question, know your busy. Thanks again!
Hi Briana! My email is jenny (at) plannerperfect.com–you can try again and will try to help. Also–my youtube videos and especially my periscopes cover this in full detail–especially scope. My scope name is (planner perfect)I have the the title "let's talk to-do's" as the title and my saved scopes can be found on katch.me/plannerperfect. Would love to hear from you and nice to meet you!
Thank you so much. That's exactly how I feel all the time. I have 7 children, one wedding coming up, lots of sewing and lots of ministry related tasks. Most days I just feel exactly how you have described it – with so many things hanging over my head, but at the end of the day very little accomplished (well, besides cleaning, laundry and having fed the family at least 3 full meals LOL). I will remember to focus and actually give attention to the task at hand.
Wow! I needed this message!!! I have been tripping over one task to get to another, litterally. I never realized how much stuff I've acquired over the past 30 years and I have felt guilt, regret, and incredibly overwhelmed. I really need to divide this mountain into smaller tasks and also except that I can only do so much in a day. I need to post this phrase all over my house and I might even get it tattooed to my arm. Thank you for your inspiration! Every time I read your blog or watch a video, I learn something new 🙂