Overwhelmed

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There is a difference between being very, or even too busy ~ and being overwhelmed.

We can be busy, and still find ourselves taking on more work ~ whether that is because of an inability we might have to say ‘no’, or because we feel we should, we can, or we will just do the extra work. Either because it is important to us, or because we like doing it. But even when we feel guilt-tripped into doing the extra work ~ being busy with all the work that needs to be done, still may not be overwhelming us.

Until...

The breakpoint usually comes with some innocuous event. Something that isn’t even a whole lot of work; but rather than our focused attention, it requires our attendance.
And with that our so carefully crafted schedule that would allow everything to get done just in time, falls in upon itself. Suddenly nothing fits anymore. Times are off. We feel we are running late with our (real or imagined) deadlines. And somehow we just can’t seem to catch up with what needs to be done.

We are overwhelmed.

When only one, be it unexpected thing was added to our plans ~ thrown upon our paths. We may not have seen it coming, and it certainly wasn’t anything we saw coming. And this one thing that appeared into our lives outside of our control and without our consent ~ has thrown us off...

As it turns out, we can handle pretty much even the most busy schedule ~ as long as we feel we are in control over it. Almost always it is the thing that is outside of our control that makes the difference, that lets the whole house of cards fall down. At least that is our perception...

In reality, our schedule was tighter than it should have been ~ making us busier than is healthy for us ~ already. Otherwise we would hardly have noticed this one thing that was added to it.
We had put ourselves into a position that had taken away our flexibility as far as our time and energy were concerned. Setting ourselves up for a disruption. Any disruption.

In the energy of this point in time it is easy to take on an overloaded schedule; and actually feel that not only can we do it all ~ it is normal to do it all.
It is one of the pitfalls of the high frequency energy; we can do things faster, and therefore we think we can do more. And we can. But only for short stretches of time when it is really necessary to do. Because in this high frequency energy we also need more time to kick back; to rest, play, enjoy, or smell the roses.

And if we don’t take that time for our Selves, we can quickly find ourselves being utterly overwhelmed...
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