It's The ADHD-Friendly Show | Personal Growth, Well-being and Productivity for Distractible Minds Overwhelm to Burnout, Rinse + Repeat. I'm Done With This.
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Feb 16, 2024 The podcast discusses patterns of overwhelm and burnout and provides strategies to break free from the cycle. It covers managing overwhelm and burnout, dealing with a long list of projects and goals, prioritizing tasks, and curating an environment to manage focus.
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Burnout Cycle
- Caren Magill describes a common cycle of starting projects with enthusiasm, then abandoning them when they become difficult.
- This leads to burnout and a pile of unfinished projects, prompting the start of yet another new project.
Identify Non-Negotiables
- Write down all non-negotiable tasks in your life and business, including personal well-being activities.
- Estimate the time these tasks take to determine your actual available time for other projects.
Calculate Available Time
- Track the time spent on non-negotiable tasks to understand available time for other activities.
- Calculate leftover hours after accounting for non-negotiables and sleep to realistically assess project capacity.