Overwhelmed Or Overworked?

 

Overwhelmed OR Overworked?  NOT to fret.  NOT to worry either.  As the poets wrote, WHY rush?  Even nature itself is NOT rushing, right?  Even an oak tree takes a hundred years to grow, and another fifty years to live and another hundred years to die.  That's like a hundred thousand sunrises  give OR take.  Looking at our human race, HOW many of us an imagine to have this kind of patience?  I would rush.  You would rush.  And once I step out of my home, I see people rushing left and right.  And WHEN you're cruising along the road, be on the ALERT because road warriors have that disrespectful way of cutting down your vehicle at your very nose📗📙📘

For alignment, OVERWHELMED is defined in a generic way, i.e. EVERYTHING SUDDENLY SEEMS SO MUCH AND WE DON'T BELIE WE CAN MANAGE.  So, WHILE some types of "OVERWHELM" are harder to explain, it can actually be symptomatic of potential health issues at play.  And typically, there are things that will OVERWHELM anyone of us anytime primarily because they are outside that 'range' of normal human experiences, and at times, this becomes traumatic💥💥💥

Otherwise, typically, one of the most common causes for us to get OVERWHELMED are the life changes that do take time to process, such as going away [and that means packing up your clothes] as for the first time, you will be away from home for the duration of the academic terms as you attend university at the capital city.  OR as an aftermath of that acrimonious breakup OR divorce.  OR bereavement.  OR transitioning to a life change, like working overseas with different cultures for the very first time.  Admittedly, I went through all these life changes, especially WHEN I decided to 'cross the Rubicon' WHEN I flew over to Singapore and suddenly, I was in a very fast paced and multi-cultural work environment💚💛💜

Obviously, we all have our limits over WHAT we can and CAN'T manage, time and energy-wise.  To translate those OVERWHELMING situations into the simplest words, everything will point to an undeniable fact that at that point, we are experiencing various forms of stress.  And verily true, STRESS is a response to a trigger we can pinpoint.  And WHEN left unchecked, STRESS can lead to BURNOUT [I head that no less from my very first expat boss [WHO coincidentally is from The Hague]😊😊😊

Our takeaway:  Sometimes, it is that 'straw that broke the camel's back' feeling BUT for some of us, it seems like a storm descending upon us until we feel lost with our reactions and even emotions.  The thing here is that there is NOTHING WRONG to feel overwhelmed BUT it is imperative that you endeavor to immediately regain control of the situation ASAP, definitely NOT come next day.  Think of it as a ticking time bomb BUT enough to give you time to extricate yourself.  OVERWHELMED or OVERWORKED, that should NOT be enough to bring you down dude, NOT for long❗❗❗