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Are you trying to do too much? (Part 2)
If you are constantly doing something, thinking about what you are going to do next or, worst of all, worrying about what you are not doing, then perhaps you are trying to do too much.
Struggling to meet unreasonable commitments and expectations is exhausting and demoralising. Yet frequently these demands are self-imposed: it might seem like your todo list driven by the needs of others but, if you review it honestly, you will see that the long list is borne of your own expectations and feelings of obligation.
Last week I detailed step one in my process for ‘cutting back’ my commitments: Capture all your commitments on paper.
Now for step 2 and 3…
Are you trying to do too much?
Many of us are trying to squeeze too much into each day. We overload ourselves with responsibilities, commitments and expectations which we frantically try to meet.
At any given time we don’t have a clear idea of what all this stuff is, nor do we know if we have enough time to actually do it all. But we just keep going in the hope that somehow we will reach an ‘end’. But we won’t. Our efforts, and our failure to reach this illusive ‘end’, will only exhaust, frustrate and depress.
This all sounds pretty grim, but we can do something about it! And the answer is not work harder or longer – the answer is to cut back on your commitments.