I’m feeling overwhelmed at the moment, so
I thought I’d write a blog post about it
Why am I feeling overwhelmed? Running my fitness
business online and offline, looking for an agent for
my 10 Island Assassins books and sending off loads
of emails (Netflix read me!)
Starting a new series called Ruby Raven and trying to
finish ‘Crazy Forever’ and ‘Seasonal Living due to be
published on 4th Jan
Picking up leaves in the garden, going to the footie
Binging ‘House of Cards’ series 6 – brilliant btw
and what will I have for dinner tonight?
Yes I’m feeling overwhelmed and feeling like I’m
getting nothing done = anxiety
So I look at my diary, my critical list, my to do list,
my plan, my marketing plan and shout ‘pick one
thing and work on it!’ so I chose write a blog post
and here I am…
Overwhelm is crippling, it’s paralysing and not
something I often suffer from but it’s been days now
Do you get like that?
Work, children, husbands, all wanting fed and your
attention, going from one stress to another, never
mind trying to look after yourself
What can you do? Here are a few things that I find
work…
Take a deep breath
Breathing deeply calms and releases tension from
your body, giving your lungs a good workout and
letting that oxygen through to your blood cells. It
can have an effect immediately on your body, mind
an stress levels
Switch off from distractions
Shut down your email, switch off your phone and
tell everyone to go away, just until you finish at
least one task. Listen to music or not depending
on your mood and concentrate on that one thing
Go for a walk
Get away from your desk, the house, your children
or whatever. Autumn is a great season for walking
and yes there might be some rain but it’s good for
your soul
Wrap up, take a brolly and get some fresh air, try
and think of something else, get in a daydream
then get back to your desk feeling fresh
Get a good sleep
Tiredness makes feeling overwhelmed like it’s been
magnified by 100, get to bed early and get up early
if you have to work to a deadline, instead of staying
up late to finish what you’re doing
Colour Code
I dump every thought and to do into a spreadsheet
then colour code so I can see quickly what’s first on
the list. I know I still have to do the actions but
organising them makes me feel a little more in
control and a little less scrappy. Red means now!
Delegate
Have a real good look at what you can delegate to
someone else, you won’t be able to delegate
everything but you’d be surprised at the help you
can get – stop trying to do it all yourself, today
You could delegate your fitness and nutrition to me
for example from £2.26 per day (we worked it out
yesterday in a session, is that not good value?)
Leave a comment if you feel overwhelmed too and
if you want to work with me, have a look at the
website and email me back.
Carolyne
p.s. now that I’ve written this post, the overwhelm
is already feeling better
