Ahmed Shaami
Being overwhelmed isn’t reserved for certain jobs; it is the most common form of stress that people experience. In today’s world as the stress is climbing and people are feeling more overwhelmed than ever before. The vast amount of information and the rapid rate of change are all causing humans to feel overwhelmed. It makes you feel losing control and a failure to manage your responses to critical conditions.
You may not realize but you spend a large part of your life staying overwhelmed. But fortunately you can get out of this overwhelmed situation and feel happy by following few of the simple strategies:
Prioritize your tasks:
The first step to dealing with overwhelm is to prioritize the tasks that are ahead of you. You need to start with making a to-do list and be careful that you don’t miss the important ones. You need to prioritize by dividing your tasks from harder to easier ones. When you know how to prioritize your projects, it makes it easier to pull together everything in a day. You can identify what carries the highest value and how it impacts the work of other people.
Focus:
It is hard to resist the temptation to do multiple projects at a time but the benefits of multi-tasking are nothing more than a myth. When you are working, set everything aside and focus on the task at hand. Pay attention to the details and take time where you do not think about the emails or notifications. Even put your phone aside so that you don’t get disturbed by the text messages. When people will need you urgently, they will call you directly instead of wasting time on text messaging.
Systemize so everything runs smoothly:
It is no doubt that most of the tasks you perform are started from scratch. But you must be attentive to what you do on regular basis. Once your work becomes a routine, you should start thinking about ways to systemize it. The more you systemize your work, the more you will be able to free up time for more important work.
Love what you are doing:
In most of the cases, you might have seen people leaving the fields they work in. It is because sometimes people adopt careers which they don’t love. Success is meaningless until you love what you do. If you do not enjoy the things you are working then it is hard to reach your goals in life. The goals you are working at should be able to provide you satisfaction, fulfillment, and happiness. This will make you not to waste time on things that are not important and focus on doing the job that you actually love.
