I was talking with a colleague today. Both of us are currently overwhelmed because we are trying to get way too many things done at the same time.
Of course the people who are depending on you in one sphere of your life don’t particularly know or care about your obligations in another sphere of your life. So when things get intense on multiple fronts, it can become a little crazy.
My colleague and I compared notes, and found ourselves agreeing on one thing: When things get really crazy, you find yourself switching into triage mode. Somehow it then all becomes manageable.
The down side is that you can only stay in triage mode for so long. Then you need to sleep.