Writers all know that when we are overloaded, we feel pushed in way too many directions without no purpose for any of these things. This is a really awful feeling, and something has to be remedied if we are to embark on the path towards excellence as a writer.
Writers need to feel like they are accomplishing a lot and taking care of their health. We can’t do that without a bit of balance and assessment of our priorities.
To avoid overloading, you must settle down and reflect on things, and put things in perspective regularly. The greatest gift in life is finding harmony in yourself so that you could ensure that you don’t overload yourself.
You can prevent overload in your writing career by planning for meetings, major commitments, and other scheduled activities so that they are not back-to-back.
Also, schedule your writing time and make sure that you work on one project at a time. The more you have scheduled together back-to-back, the more overwhelmed you will feel and the least successful you will be.
If you feel an overload coming on, take a few moments to relax. Don’t get upset and overwhelmed. This can put you in a healthier frame of mind.
You may want to just go to the bedroom and close the door. Lie down and just relax for five to ten minutes.
You may feel overwhelmed by too many demands. Decide how much you can handle and adjust your pace before getting into trouble. This often means saying no to people, situations, and requests.
You should also direct the course of your life, rather than have the course of your life directed by the obligations of others. That way, you will control what you can control and avoid the rest.
At times, you have too many requests and demands on your time.
You can learn to take control by taking these steps.
• Decide how much you can handle and how much you take on.
• Set priorities and follow them. A continuous diet of overload and stress can destroy the quality of your writing life, health, performance, and relationships.
• Have a plan to prevent overload.
• Embrace simple joys.
• Schedule time for quality rest and enjoyment in living.
• Maintain a sense of harmony in your life.
• Adjust your pace if you feel disharmony.
• Be realistic about making additional commitments.
• Overestimate how much time you need.
• Leave early enough for appointments.
• Say yes only to things that you want to do.
• Choose to do more things that lift you and less that drains you.
• If you are unsure whether you want to take something on, don’t do it.
• You must relax outside of working hours.
So, your long-range challenge is to prevent overload, to embrace the different loves of your life more fully and live your life more joyfully.
In this way, you will embrace the path towards less overload, more health and well-being, and doing more quality work.
Try it!
Irene Roth
Writers need to feel like they are accomplishing a lot and taking care of their health. We can’t do that without a bit of balance and assessment of our priorities.
To avoid overloading, you must settle down and reflect on things, and put things in perspective regularly. The greatest gift in life is finding harmony in yourself so that you could ensure that you don’t overload yourself.
You can prevent overload in your writing career by planning for meetings, major commitments, and other scheduled activities so that they are not back-to-back.
Also, schedule your writing time and make sure that you work on one project at a time. The more you have scheduled together back-to-back, the more overwhelmed you will feel and the least successful you will be.
If you feel an overload coming on, take a few moments to relax. Don’t get upset and overwhelmed. This can put you in a healthier frame of mind.
You may want to just go to the bedroom and close the door. Lie down and just relax for five to ten minutes.
You may feel overwhelmed by too many demands. Decide how much you can handle and adjust your pace before getting into trouble. This often means saying no to people, situations, and requests.
You should also direct the course of your life, rather than have the course of your life directed by the obligations of others. That way, you will control what you can control and avoid the rest.
At times, you have too many requests and demands on your time.
You can learn to take control by taking these steps.
• Decide how much you can handle and how much you take on.
• Set priorities and follow them. A continuous diet of overload and stress can destroy the quality of your writing life, health, performance, and relationships.
• Have a plan to prevent overload.
• Embrace simple joys.
• Schedule time for quality rest and enjoyment in living.
• Maintain a sense of harmony in your life.
• Adjust your pace if you feel disharmony.
• Be realistic about making additional commitments.
• Overestimate how much time you need.
• Leave early enough for appointments.
• Say yes only to things that you want to do.
• Choose to do more things that lift you and less that drains you.
• If you are unsure whether you want to take something on, don’t do it.
• You must relax outside of working hours.
So, your long-range challenge is to prevent overload, to embrace the different loves of your life more fully and live your life more joyfully.
In this way, you will embrace the path towards less overload, more health and well-being, and doing more quality work.
Try it!
Irene Roth
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