Overwhelm

When things pile up

Aside all the farm stuff, there are many other issues of bureaucratic paperwork, random bills, accumulated nonsense that needs final resolving, etc, which tends to weigh on anyone mentally.

Whenever faced with such situation, the answer in how to deal with it is simple enough to explain, even if not always so easy to follow through on.

Pick one of the items. It doesn’t really matter which one, and finish it.

There are different schools of thought on it. Some say pick the easiest and fastest and do that, others say pick the biggest bugbear and kill it relentlessly.

The truth is it doesn’t really matter unless some of them are really hard-deadlines with big painful consequences. In which case pick that one. Otherwise, pick one. Rolla dice if you’re too stuck to choose it yourself. And don’t let go of it until it’s done.

Then move onto the next one.

That’s it. No big secret, no miracle, magical cure.

“Oh but…”

Shut up. Work.

That’s all there is to it.

“But my inner child…”

Won’t eat if you can’t get over your shit. You’re not 5, or 8, or 12. You’re an adult. Get off your ass and get shit done.

If someone cut off one of your fingers every minute you DON’T ACT, guess what: you might lose ONE finger, then you’d be moving VERY fast, minus one finger, and plus a bleeding stump where it used to be, to DO whatever. So you absolutely CAN do it. Just stop whining and get up and do it.

Your excuses are just lies.

Your attached fingers are all testament to it.