Too Much On Your Plate?

Here are five things you can do right now

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It happens way too easily. You start out with a couple of unticked checkboxes on your to-do list on Monday morning. As the day wears on, your list starts growing.

Suddenly, you’re staring at a never-ending laundry list. Sweating slightly, you feel the panic and overwhelm start to set in. You’re left wondering whether you should run away or cry over your keyboard.

It’s a relatable feeling that so many share. In conversations with business leaders and educators expressing overwhelm, we recently came across an acronym that someone used to describe this feeling.

OCN: Over Capacity Now Fitting, right?

So, what do you do when you’re “at” or “over capacity”? What do you do when you have too much on your plate and a 3-mile long to-do list?

Here are a couple of things that you can do to combat (and to some extent prevent) this hectic and stressful feeling from happening.

Our team here at Project OTY uses the actionable steps from this list in tackling our big to-do lists in creating our personal leadership platform.

Focus on What You Can Control