“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” ~Timber Hawkeye Overwhelm doesn’t always knock politely.
Sometimes it crashes into my day like an unexpected storm—suddenly I can’t think straight, and everything feels urgent, impossible, and too loud.
One minute I’m fine, the next I’m spiraling in my head, convinced I’m falling behind on everything and failing everyone. If you’ve ever sat frozen in your car in the grocery store parking lot, staring blankly at a to-do list that now feels like a personal attack, you’re not alone.
Here are six things I turn to when I feel completely overwhelmed—none of them fix everything, but they all help me find my footing again. 1.
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