Overwhelm Is A Verb

Recently I felt REALLY overwhelmed. My to-do list was two pages long single spaced with double columns. I didn’t even know where to start. So I didn’t. This is the problem with overwhelm. It keeps us stuck doing nothing.

I want to invite you to think about overwhelm differently—think about overwhelm as a verb. We “overwhelm” (v.) when we choose to spend time thinking about and worrying about what we have to do, complaining that it’s hard, we don’t have time, or we shouldn’t have to do it. Overwhelm is a choice and we can choose not to overwhelm (v.)

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