Dealing with Overwhelm

I thought that it would be easy to post a comment or my thoughts every day when I set up this blog a week ago. Well it's been that long since I've posted. The holidays are happening and I am running from early morning to late at night and I am feeling very overwhelmed.

There are a lot of strategies to deal with this, however, most of them require more time that I don't already have.

Here's what I am doing to help manage. I focus solely on what is in front of me. When I find myself 'freaking out' over all the things that need to be done, I remind myself - pay attention to what I am doing right now. This does require keeping a good list of things that need to be done.

Writing down thoughts and what needs to be done is another way to reduce the feelings associated with overwhelm. Of course it doesn't take away all the shopping, cards, holiday parties, family activities, and oh-by-the-way, I get to keep my business going too. Women have a unique ability to keep it all going.

This holiday, keep in mind that you need to focus on one thing at a time to keep relaxed, focused and healthy.