Hi, this is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

On today's show, I'm going to be talking about what to do when you're feeling overwhelmed,

which, as I know, from both personal experience and working with my clients is really common.

You know, we are busy people.

And if you want to be successful, you have to keep

a lot of plates spinning in the air. There's just a lot of stuff to keep track of. And to-do lists

overflow with stuff. Laundry piles up. There's errands to run, kids to feed, dinners to make,

and also projects.

And I think it's especially difficult if you're on the path of success is that it often

requires building things.

You know, I recently heard a quote from a writer who was talking about the act of writing,

the creative process, and really

doing anything that is new.

A new project means that you are creating something that doesn't exist that nobody wants

yet.

And that's this leap of faith that we all do.

And we're trying to be successful when we're creating something, when we're trying to accomplish massive projects, is how in the world do we get traction and accomplish big goals in the face of everything else that needs to be done?

It feels overwhelming and it's easy to give up or just survive,

you know, and do the bare minimums of things we have to do. We eat, we sleep hopefully and

give our kids a bath and call it a day. But there's more to life. So today's podcast is all about how to manage those feelings of overwhelm,

first of all, emotionally, but also how to actually get more done in less time. So some

productivity stuff too. So I'm going to break this up into five easy steps for you. The first thing we're going to talk about

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