Hey beautiful,

How often do you get overwhelmed? I used to get stressed and flustered a lot and I hated the feeling! And in most cases, it was because I kept getting overwhelmed by having too much on my plate. Over the years I’ve learned what works to help me manage my stress while still getting things done; and I want to share these awesome tips with you. Here are 4 ways that you can enjoy an accomplished day without feeling overwhelmed.

1. DO A BRAIN DUMP

This is a technique where you take everything that you’re worried about, planning to do, needing to do, thinking you should do, and writing it all out on a piece of paper/journal, dry erase board, or anything you want! Yes, this totally helps! Especially if you have a ton of things floating in your brain and you have no idea how to get them done. This will allow you to release everything from your mind and transfer it on to something else, so you don’t feel like you have to keep remembering it constantly. After you’ve done this, you can go a step further and begin setting out timelines for when you will accomplish each task. This will be a great time to create a daily schedule for that day, week, or month.

I usually do a brain dump, leave it alone, then go back to it a day or so later to set timelines and schedule everything in. But if I need to do a brain dump for that day’s tasks, I’ll do one, take a few minutes to breath and feel good about getting it all out, then proceed to scheduling.

2. CREATE A DAILY SCHEDULE

This comes after you write your to-do list. It is a way of breaking down your tasks into daily chunks so that you don’t overwhelm yourself by thinking you need to do everything at the same time. Bring out that pretty calendar and begin filling in your daily schedule. After you do this, you’ve got to promise me this one thing. The most important thing ever! Please please please only focus on completing your daily tasks for that day only!!!!! This will help you feel good about yourself at the end of the day. Perfect place to insert this, “so do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring it’s own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today”(Matthew 6:34). Sure , if its 12pm in the afternoon and you’ve already completed everything for that day and you’re sitting on the couch kinda bored because you have nothing else to do….then sure, you’re more than welcome to start on the next days list. However, allow yourself to feel happy about accomplishing today’s tasks. And don’t burden yourself about getting started on tomorrows to-do’s. If you’ve got extra time, you can even sneak in an activity that you love to do.  I love taking walks, so that’s almost always my go-to activity (Taking a nap is a close # 2).

3. PRAY, BE STILL, AND LISTEN

Take some time in your day (preferably in the morning) for at least 20 minutes of prayer and meditation. This can look like spending time in prayer, listening to relaxing music, reading the bible and or motivational book, or any other sit down and be quiet activity that will allow you to ease your mind and reflect. This is a time of being at peace and being mindful of what you’re feeling right here right now. Talk to God and let him know whats on your mind, don’t rush through this so you can start getting things done. You want to listen and be in a mind space of being open to receive and get clarity.

This is also a great time to pay attention to how your body feels and focus on your breathing. It’s good to know how your body reacts to stress and how it feels when its calm. This often helps me realize if I’m stressed and I can immediately start helping myself de-stress.

4. SCHEDULE ME-TIME

This is my fav!!! And it’s totally needed, especially when you’re running around all day focusing on everything else but you. Scheduling me-time is a must so you don’t lose yourself and what makes you happy *insert smiling emoji here*. Me-time can be taking a nice bubble bath with lit candles right before bed, watching your favorite TV show while snacking on mango greek yogurt (clearly this is totally my kinda thing), or even going out for a relaxed dinner with a friend for girl chat and laughs. We all have things that we love to do that bring us joy, so why not do the little things that make you happy? This is a part of living a fulfilling life, don’t ya know!

Schedule this EVERY SINGLE DAY, even if you’ve got all of the above going on (i.e. a full time job, working on your biz, little kids, taking care of the house, and hubby needing time too). Even 10-15 minutes can be so good that it feels like an hour 🙂

There you go girl…

Question for you: What have you tried that has helped you stop being overwhelmed? I’ld love to know down below in the comments 🙂

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Verse of the week: So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:34)

Always,