Quotes About Overwhelm

It's not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it's that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.

The unintended consequence of abundance is that we are bombarded with more information and choices in a day than our ancestors received in a lifetime.

You can actually give attention to two things, but that is what's called "divided attention." And make no mistake. Take on two things and your attention gets divided. Take on a third and something gets dropped.

When you try to do too much at once, you can end up doing nothing well.

While to-dos serve as a useful collection of our best intentions, they also tyrannize us with trivial, unimportant stuff that we feel obligated to get done—because it's on our list. Which is why most of us have a love-hate relationship with our to-dos.

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. The problem with trying to do too much

It's not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it's that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have. So we double and triple up in the hope of getting everything done.

The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we've unfortunately bought into too many others

Everybody is entertained to death.

were all wired to come come unwound.

Funny how a big, horrible worry doesn't wipe out all the little worries. They're like bugs. They survive no matter what.

I compare it to being in a car accident. There's so much adrenaline rushing through you that you remember being in the accident but you don't remember any of the details.

feel like they are jumping out of their skin

He was one of those magnificent fakes who could overwhelm himself with his own sincerity.

and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me

they arise from over-saturation with the Iliad.

A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here for five years.

It is like sitting in a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway with your windows rolled up and Portuguese music booming out of the surround-sound speakers while animals gnaw on your neck and diseased bill collectors hammer on your doors with golf clubs.

I was so far beyond simple fatigue that I was beginning to feel nicely adjusted to the idea of permanent hysteria.

If he full-out flexed, I would probably faint, or jump off the building.

It's hunger. It's homelessness, often. It's underfunded, under-resourced schools. It's abuse beyond the chilling. It's having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view.

There are so many messages out there about what you should be eating and drinking and what you should be putting in your body at the beginning of the day. It's confusing, and people get very overwhelmed. Really, one of the greatest options is just a bowl of cereal and milk.

Even if you're a seasoned professional multi-tasker, your body, mind, emotional life, and growth potential can get a blow from over-committing. Take a look at what's on your plate if you're swamped, and you can surely find some space for yourself even when you feel trapped.

I think we all have really busy lives now and there's so much stimulation, there's so many artists, there's so much music, there's so much art, there's so much everything in a world it's hard to get people to focus on 12 songs of yours at once.