The Overwhelmster keeps us so busy that we feel like we can’t even take a moment to stop and think about what we’re doing.

“Hurry up!”

“You’re late!”

“Don’t do that. You should be doing this. No, not this. Do that!”

The Overwhelmster is kind of like the Distractor. It’s job is to keep you running and make you lose your focus. But the Distractor keeps you running after external things – shopping, Facebook, Whatsapp, movies, etc. The Overwhelmster makes you chase after your own internal priorities.

Just when you get focused on one thing -PING – a new thought pops into your head. And it feels much more urgent so you drop what you’re doing and run to do that.

Then – PING! Some other important thing pushes you… and another,,, and another.

And soon the whole day passes and you wonder what happened to it.

We can’t control the thoughts that come into our head, but we definitely can control what we do with those thoughts.

We can’t control the circumstances that arise to interrupt our focus, but we can control how we handle the stress and disruption caused by those interruptions.

The Overwhelmster’s trick is to get us to hurry faster, faster, faster.
“Don’t stop and think. Just Do, Do, Do!!!!”

So the first, most important thing to do when you're feeling overwhelmed is to do the complete opposite of what you might think.

Pause.

Take a 10 minute break to assess your situation.

The rest of this Joyfully Jewish Journey will give you a variety of Tools, Tips & Techniques to use in those pauses to help you get:

• calm
• focused
• energized
• and happy - and most important -

CLEAR-MINDED... about what to do next so that you can be pleasantly productive and delightfully on track.

In this Joyfully Jewish Journey, you’ll get plenty of fun, creative tools you can use to gain control of your time.

You’ll get lots of tips and techniques from Torah and Chassidus, and beautiful calligraphy Artnotes to help you reduce the stress and pressure of overwhelm.

Most importantly, you’ll have a PLAN you can use whenever you feel overwhelmed so that you won’t get lost in the whirl and spin of your busy life anymore.

You won’t feel alone.

You’ll feel happy, supported, and excited to be focused on your mission in everything you do.

Are you ready?

Let’s go!

Below are some Artnotes I wrote from a class on Chassidus about our true purpose by Rabbi Shaye Berkowitz in Los Angeles. This reminds us that all of the overwhelming details of our lives are really just one detail with a single purpose - to stay connected to G-d while we elevate the Holy Sparks in our lives.

There is a download link below that you can use to save and print them to inspire you along your Journey.

The Download Link is just above the Discussion section below.
Just right click on the link to save it to your computer.

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