System Overload

I knew it was going to happen and I knew it was getting close. At some point I would have a system overload and so I would shut down. My world didn’t go black, and I didn’t hit the floor with a huge thud. I just slowed down to a crawl. When you have a system overload, everyone wants to view it as something negative. That was the strange part, I don’t know if anything is negative for me right now. I just have a whole lot of information coming in and I can’t sort it out and get it all figured out in time. I feel like I have ideas for everything right now, and no time to implement any of it. If you want to start a podcast tomorrow, I have everything you need. If you want to start a YouTube channel, we can do that too. A website, a blog? Got that covered! Want to work on new things to improve your work situation? I have tons of ideas, but bring a pen and paper because I haven’t had time to write them all down. Projects at home, yes, I have a few of those. Ideas for when spring comes, I’ve got two really great ideas I want to do! I’d love to really focus on my health and my finances, I have ideas, but how and when can I start them. I also have a goal to start planning out my day better, how do I start? I keep hearing all these people talk about how they track all these things on a daily basis and how it works wonders for the things they are working on. What should I track? I have movies I want to watch and books I want to read. I also think I have finally figured out who my five people are. Now that I have that figured out, what do I do with it? What about the awkward part of what to do with the people who aren’t in my five? I know you can’t ignore them completely, but I may have to scale back on some people. I also had this really good idea about a post on John Wayne. It’s far from complete, but I have some ideas. All of this just to show you some of the things that are going on in my mind right now. The crazy part is that while I was typing, I thought about the weather right now. When my alarm went off this morning it told me that it was -18 out. Yes, that was a negative symbol before the number eighteen. With the temperature and the snow that showed up, I took some time off from work. A funny thing happened when I took the time off. My plan was to sit down and sort out all the things going on in my head. Instead, I completely froze. Every time I went to work on my list, I couldn’t get started. I would look at the simplest task and walk away. I was getting worried in some ways. I didn’t think I was showing any signs of depression, but why couldn’t I move? The first thing I needed to do was get back to work. I’m a person of routine and being out of my work routine was just too much. Once I did that, I realized something. I wasn’t depressed, my system was overloaded. So now that I have identified the main issue, what now? I needed to take some time to write. I love to write! I also needed to identify the things that needed to go on a waiting list. Write down the ideas you have for springtime, and then let it go. After that, I just need to make sure I know what my priorities are. I also need to understand that I can only get so much done in one day. If I can get three things done every day, I can get twenty-one things done in a week. It might not complete my list, but it’s better than shutting down and not getting anything done. The other two thing I need to do are a little bit more difficult for me. I need to look at my list and decide what things just can’t be done right now. There is a season for everything and sometimes, no matter what you want to do, it’s just not the right season for it. My dreams of being a famous podcaster and YouTube star are just going to have to wait for now. Their time will come, I know it! The last thing I must do is ask for help. Sometimes you are the idea person, other times you are the grunt worker. I’m ok with either one, so I need to be ok with someone else taking over some of my ideas. I know that my system isn’t all the way up yet, but I’m getting close. I have my five, and we got this!!