Episode 18: What Can I Take Off My Plate When It Feels Like Everything Matters?
Do you ever feel like your metaphorical plate—all the things that are filling up your time—is pretty full? Maybe even overflowing and starting to spill onto the ground? Work, kids, family, friends, chores, sleep, hobbies… there’s a lot to do and a lot to try to fit in.
A lot of us feel like our plate is a little too full… but we don’t know what we can possibly take off when everything feels important! How am I supposed to know what to drop when it feels like nothing can give? Most of the time, it’s not what’s on our plates that’s complicating our lives. It’s how we’re doing it.
A Sneak Peek of What You’ll Find in This Episode:
What’s Really Making Your Plate Feel So Full
When everything on our plate feels important, it can seem impossible to know what to say no to.
But often the real problem isn’t the things themselves—it’s the expectations we give those things, the level that we expect to do them at.
We over-perform, over-complicate, and chase invisible standards no one actually asked us to meet. Easing up on how you’re doing something can lighten your load in ways that don’t force you to stop doing things that matter to you.
The Trade You’re Making Without Realizing It
Every time you choose the harder, more complicated version of something, you’re choosing it over something else—even if you don’t notice it in the moment. Sleep. Patience. A calmer mind.
And even though most of us are doing it to try to build strong relationships, it can actually hinder that connection more than we realize.
Learning to simplify our expectations can help you move away from overwhelm and into connection and calm.
Additional Resources to Help You Lighten Your Load:
- Start A Lighter Load, a short audio toolkit to help you figure out what you can finally put down
- Get simple, actionable steps with the free Overwhelmed email series
- Take the free quiz to find out where your load might be heavier than it needs to be
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