I don’t have enough time to do everything?

How many times have you uttered these words? What about:

I feel overwhelmed?

When someone asks you to commit to a project, volunteer with a group or attend a meeting, is your default answer, “yes”? Or are you able to reflect and give a firm “no”? Or do you say yes, but wish you said no?

Are you someone who completes your work early and doesn’t stress about quickly approaching deadlines? Or do you find yourself sliding into home as the catcher swings his glove above you and just get it done in the nick of time?

I love a good system.

Love might be overstating it, but upon further reflection, I really don’t think so.

Are you a slave to your to do list? It is easy to get caught up in the list of tasks we need to accomplish, but are they the right tasks?

Last weekend I was feeling extremely overwhelmed. I had a to do list which seemed insurmountable, and no motivation to climb that mountain. I was coming off a busy week and had some looming deadlines which were creeping up faster than I would have liked.

It’s nearing the end of the first week of my Academic Writing and Critical Thinking course and I am starting to feel better about it.

The course started Monday and looking back at my text messages from that day, I can pull out a common theme that could best be summarized as “Crap. What did I sign up for?