The Panty Kickers talk about one of the biggest bads in all of our lives – OVERWHELM! This beast comes for all of us and in this day and age of technology you need to be crafty if you’re going to escape his wrath.
Carolyn says:
- Delegate. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Friends and family are here for you. Ask for someone to step in, or make a trade with other people who need help and pool your resources.
- Outsource. What can you give up to make room for the funds to pay others to do what you’re terrible at or hate?
- Write down your tasks and how long it takes to do each one so you can get a bird’s eye view of your time commitments.
- Eventually the non-urgent tasks will become urgent so prioritize them now.
- Try 10 minute clean ups, staying on top of the little stuff can help you feel more in control.
Becca says:
- Enlist a professional. It can be worth it to invest in some consulting to figure out where you are being inefficient.
- Keep a list of not urgent/important things you have going on and pick a time (2-3 hours) on a Saturday once or twice a month where you can knock those things out.
- Schedule time for yourself just like you schedule things for work. Make yourself a priority.
BOOK MENTION: 168 Hours, You Have More Time Than You Think – by Laura Vanderkam
Homework: Create an Eisenhower Matrix of your own, separating your tasks into the four quadrants: urgent/important, urgent/not important, not urgent/important, and not urgent/not important and then resolve yourself to just not do the not urgent/not important tasks.
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