You know those days... where nothing seems to go according to plan. Where there are way more things coming into your in-box than are leaving your out-box. You seem to be spinning your wheels and going nowhere quickly. I don't know about you, but those are the days where I end up feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. People are making too many demands on me!! They should just lay off! Ah yes... It's not them... it's me... I find that the times I get most overwhelmed is when I feel like I have too many things to do and not enough time. And the more I think that, the more frantic I get, and the less time there seems to be! Time just seems to race by and I fall farther and farther behind. Because I am feeling so overwhelmed and frustrated, I end up spending an inordinate amount of time stuck and in a very unproductive mode, pushing papers around my desk, grumbling under my breath, and losing time like a leaky sieve...
I've found that all it requires from me is a shift in my thinking.. a shift in my attitude. As long as I look at everything that I have to do as a huge mountain, I remain stuck. As soon as I can see everything as individual little pieces, I can start tackling them one at a time, creating a bit of space and then a bit more space... and then a bit more space... I also need to consciously shift my thinking about time... There is more than enough time... more than enough time... And the time does appear and I can accomplish more than I would have dreamed possible. Partly because I'm not spinning my wheels, not stuck in a rut, lamenting the lack of time... It's all in my perception... and how I hold things...
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