Jon Kabat Zinn says, "Overwhelm means life is unfolding at a rate that neither my psyche or my nervous system can handle.” Sometimes life (and work) is like a yummy buffet: it all looks delicious, but our eyes are bigger than our stomach. Today I'm sharing a few reasons our perceived capacity can be misaligned with our actual capacity: invisible roles, poor role fit, taking on new exciting projects without first cutting back elsewhere, and broader contextual seasons and collective influences.
📘 Books Mentioned
Life Admin: How I Learned to Do Less, Do Better, and Live More
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
10-10-10: 10 Minutes, 10 Months, 10 Years: A Life-Transforming Idea
🎙Related Episodes
Free Time: 035: The Long Game with Dorie Clark
046: Time Margin—Are You Drowning, Treading Water, or Gliding?
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